Commentary: Routine cesarean section for breech: The unmeasured cost

Birth

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 162-164

  Kotaska, Andrew ^a  

^a Stanton Territorial Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY;

BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79956189848     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2011.00468.x     Document Type: Note

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