Determinants of Cesarean Delivery in the US: A Lifecourse Approach

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 84-93

  Witt, Whitney P ^a   Wisk, Lauren E ^b   Cheng, Erika R ^b   Mandell, Kara ^b   Chatterjee, Debanjana ^b   Wakeel, Fathima ^b   Godecker, Amy L ^c   Zarak, Dakota ^b  

^a IBM WATSON HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean section; Lifecourse; Stressful life events; Vaginal delivery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; OBESITY; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; CESAREAN SECTION; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925858040     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1498-8     Document Type: Article

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