Trends and characteristics of home vaginal birth after cesarean delivery in the United States and selected states

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 737-744

  MacDorman, Marian F ^a,b,c   Declercq, Eugene ^a,b,c   Mathews, T J ^a,b,c   Stotland, Naomi ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HOME DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; PLANNING; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

FEMALE; HOME CHILDBIRTH; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859040408     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e31824bb050     Document Type: Article

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