No correlation between cesarean section rates and perinatal mortality of singleton infants over 2,500 g

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 621-623

  Jonsdottir, Gudny ^a   Smarason, Alexander K ^b   Geirsson, Reynir T ^a,c   Bjarnadottir, Ragnheidur I ^a,c  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Audit; Cesarean section; Perinatal mortality; Term pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NULLIPARA; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; NEWBORN; PARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARITY; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 65649153053     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340902818196     Document Type: Article

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