Labor induction and the risk of a cesarean delivery among nulliparous women at term

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-42

  Ehrenthal, Deborah B ^a   Jiang, Xiaozhang ^a   Strobino, Donna M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TERM BIRTH;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; PARITY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77954072185     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181e10c5c     Document Type: Article

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