Opting for a cesarean: What determines the decision?

Public Administration and Management

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 100-122

  Kassak, K M ^a   Ali, A Mohammad ^a   Abdallah, A M ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

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