Mothers' Level of Education and Childbirth Interventions: A Population-based Study in Flanders, Northern Belgium

Birth

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 191-199

  Cammu, Hendrik ^a   Martens, Guy ^b   Keirse, Marc J N C ^b,c  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b Study Centre for Perinatal Epidemiology   (Belgium)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Cesarean section; Education; Epidural analgesia; Gestational age; Instrumental delivery; Labor induction; Maternal education; Natural childbirth; Nulliparity; Socioeconomic trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FORCEPS DELIVERY; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; PARITY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANALGESIA, EPIDURAL; BELGIUM; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTRACTION, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; LOGISTIC MODELS; PARITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 80052393917     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536X.2011.00476.x     Document Type: Article

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