The Brazilian Preference: Cesarean Delivery among Immigrants in Portugal

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Teixeira, Cristina ^a,b   Correia, Sofia ^a,b   Victora, César G ^c   Barros, Henrique ^a,b  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MATERNAL CARE; MIGRATION; MULTIPARA; OBSTETRIC PATIENT; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PORTUGAL; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PORTUGAL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 84875412752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060168     Document Type: Article

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