The timing of elective caesarean delivery between 2000 and 2009 in England

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Gurol Urganci, Ipek ^a,b   Cromwell, David A ^a,b   Edozien, Leroy C ^c   Onwere, Chidimma ^b   Mahmood, Tahir A ^b   van der Meulen, Jan H ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOREGRESSIVE INTEGRATED MOVING AVERAGE; AVERAGING; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GESTATIONAL AGE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; CESAREAN SECTION, REPEAT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; STATE MEDICINE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 79958035872     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-11-43     Document Type: Article

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