Maternal obesity and its relation with the cesarean section: A hospital based cross sectional study in iraq

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Al Kubaisy, Waqar ^a   Al Rubaey, Mazin ^b   Al Naggar, Redhwan A ^a   Karim, Ban ^b   Mohd Noor, Nor A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^b MUSTANSIRIYAH UNIVERSITY   (Iraq)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Iraq; Obesity; Route of delivery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; IRAQ; OBESITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GRAVIDITY; HUMANS; IRAQ; OBESITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904274379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-235     Document Type: Article

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