Birth after caesarean section: Changes over a nine-year period in one Australian state

Midwifery

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 165-169

  Homer, Caroline S E ^a   Johnston, Rebecca ^a   Foureur, Maralyn J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; Perinatal mortality rate; Vaginal birth after caesarean section

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN DISEASE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; TRIAL OF LABOR;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HOSPITALS, MATERNITY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MORBIDITY; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; TRIAL OF LABOR; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 79953194872     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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