Investigating racial differences in risk factors for primary cesarean delivery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 212, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 814.e1-814.e14

  Min, Caroline J ^a   Ehrenthal, Deborah B ^b   Strobino, Donna M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHRISTIANA CARE HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

advanced maternal age; cesarean delivery; labor induction; racial disparities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DYSTOCIA; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LABOR INDUCTION; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; AFRICAN AMERICAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84931573224     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2015.01.029     Document Type: Article

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