Changing trends of cesarean section births by the Robson Ten Group Classification in a tertiary teaching hospital

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1422-1427

  Chong, Cheryl ^a   Su, Lin Lin ^a,b   Biswas, Arijit ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b National University Health System   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cesarean section; Robson classification; Singapore; tertiary hospital; vaginal birth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBSON TEN GROUP CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84870929923     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2012.01529.x     Document Type: Article

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