Trends in planned early birth: A population-based study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 207, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 186.e1-186.e8

  Morris, Jonathan M ^a   Algert, Charles S ^a   Falster, Michael O ^a,b   Ford, Jane B ^a   Kinnear, Ann ^b   Nicholl, Michael C ^a,b   Roberts, Christine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NEW SOUTH WALES MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

cesarean section delivery; labor induction; maternal morbidity; neonatal morbidity; trend

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; NEWBORN MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84865768258     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2012.06.082     Document Type: Article

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