Variation in caesarean delivery rates

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7777, 2010, Pages 789-

  Knight, Marian ^a   Sullivan, Elizabeth A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DELIVERY; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; ITALY; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NETHERLANDS; OBSTETRIC CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

CESAREAN SECTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 77958128425     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5255     Document Type: Editorial

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