Trends in caesarean delivery by country and wealth quintile: Cross-sectional surveys in southern asia and sub-saharan Africa;Tendance de l'accouchement par césarienne par pays et quintile de richesse: Études transversales en Asie du Sud et en Afrique sub-saharienne

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 914-922

  Cavallaro, Francesca L ^a   Cresswell, Jenny A ^a   França, Giovanny V A ^b   Victora, Cesar G ^b   Barros, Aluísio J D ^b   Ronsmans, Carine ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH ASIA; ASIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ASIA; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84888618673     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.13.117598     Document Type: Article

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