Contribution of Select Maternal Groups to Temporal Trends in Rates of Caesarean Section

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 633-641

  Allen, Victoria M ^a   Baskett, Thomas F ^a   O'Connell, Colleen M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caesarean section rates; Maternal groups; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CEPHALIC PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR INDUCTION; MALPRESENTATION; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; NAMED GROUPS BY PREGNANCY; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; TRANSVERSE PRESENTATION; TREND STUDY; CANADA; PARITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; NOVA SCOTIA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE;

EID: 77957282512     PISSN: 17012163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)34566-2     Document Type: Article

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