The Boom in Unnecessary Caesarean Surgeries Is Jeopardizing Women's Health

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 513-521

  Ajeet, Saoji ^a   Nandkishore, Kasturwar ^a  

^a NKP SALVE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877586017     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2012.721416     Document Type: Article

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