Effects of female genital mutilation on birth outcomes in Switzerland

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1204-1209

  Wuest, S ^a   Raio, L ^a   Wyssmueller, D ^a   Mueller, M D ^a   Stadlmayr, W ^a   Surbek, D V ^a   Kuhn, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Childbirth; Female genital mutilation; Maternal and fetal outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFIBULATION; DELIVERY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION; FETUS OUTCOME; GENITAL INJURY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUTURING METHOD; SWITZERLAND; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VAGINAL INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; CIRCUMCISION, FEMALE; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249145976     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2009.02215.x     Document Type: Article

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