A population-based cohort study of the effect of Caesarean section on subsequent fertility

Human Reproduction

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1320-1326

  Gurol Urganci, I ^a,b   Cromwell, D A ^b   Mahmood, T A ^a   Van Der Meulen, J H ^b   Templeton, A ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNAECOLOGISTS   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

administrative data; Caesarean section; fertility

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; DELIVERY; FERTILITY; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, FEMALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920868183     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deu057     Document Type: Article

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