Cesarean Section and Rate of Subsequent Stillbirth, Miscarriage, and Ectopic Pregnancy: A Danish Register-Based Cohort Study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  O'Neill, Sinéad M ^a   Agerbo, Esben ^b   Kenny, Louise C ^c   Henriksen, Tine B ^d   Kearney, Patricia M ^e   Greene, Richard A ^a   Mortensen, Preben Bo ^b   Khashan, Ali S ^c  

^a Irish Centre for Fetal and Neonatal Translational Research   (Ireland)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; VAGINAL DELIVERY; YOUNG ADULT; ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905407775     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001670     Document Type: Article

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