Exploring trends in the rate of caesarean section in ireland 1999-2007

Economic and Social Review

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 383-406

  Brick, Aoife ^a   Layte, Richard ^a  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; HOSPITAL SECTOR; LOGIT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL;

IRELAND;

EID: 83755225596     PISSN: 00129984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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