The contribution of maternal age to increasing caesarean section rates

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 308-309

  Roberts, Christine L ^a   Rowlands, Ingrid J ^a   Nguyen, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN;

AUSTRALIA; CESAREAN SECTION; FETUS MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRAPARTUM CARE; LABOR INDUCTION; LETTER; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862527285     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2012.01447.x     Document Type: Letter

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