Reducing caesarean section rates - No easy task

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 310-313

  Roberts, Christine L ^a,b   Algert, Charles S ^a   Todd, Angela L ^a   Morris, Jonathan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

breech; caesarean delivery; induction; vaginal birth after caesarean

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, INDUCED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARITY; PREGNANCY; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 84878604754     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12065     Document Type: Article

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