Which women are at an increased risk of a caesarean section or an instrumental vaginal birth in the UK: An exploration within the Millennium Cohort Study

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 732-743

  Essex, H N ^a   Green, J ^a   Baston, H ^b   Pickett, K E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caesarean section; demographic predictors; instrumental vaginal birth; mode of birth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MIGRATION; MULTIPARA; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VAGINAL DELIVERY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; IMMIGRANT; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LABOR COMPLICATION; LIPID DIET; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NOTE; OBESITY; POPULATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84876105590     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.12177     Document Type: Article

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