Cesarean delivery on maternal request and childhood intelligence: A cohort study

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 3982-3987

  Li, Hong Tian ^a   Ye, Rong Wei ^a   Pei, Li Jun ^b   Ren, Ai Guo ^a   Zheng, Xiao Ying ^b   Liu, Jian Meng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery on maternal request; Child; Intelligence quotient

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMIPARA; VAGINAL DELIVERY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84862971119     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0366-6999.2011.23.025     Document Type: Article

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