Parental height differences predict the need for an emergency Caesarean section

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Stulp, Gert ^a   Verhulst, Simon ^a   Pollet, Thomas V ^a   Nettle, Daniel ^a,b   Buunk, Abraham P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; BONE MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIMIPARA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; UNITED KINGDOM; INFANT; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PARENTS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 79959664406     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020497     Document Type: Article

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