Rise in cesarean section rate over a 30-Year period in a public hospital in Tehran, Iran

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-7

  Badakhsh, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Seifoddin, Mahsan ^a   Khodakarami, Nahid ^b   Gholami, Roya ^b   Moghimi, Sedigheh ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Department of Obstetrics   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Infant mortality; Maternal mortality; Midwifery

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LABOR MANAGEMENT; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDWIFE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REOPERATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREND STUDY; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDWIFERY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84855736127     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: 17353947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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