Time to consider the risks of caesarean delivery for long term child health

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 350, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Blustein, Jan ^a   Liu, Jianmeng ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; NEWBORN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CESAREAN SECTION; DECISION MAKING; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; ELECTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VAGINAL BIRTH AFTER CESAREAN;

EID: 84936805558     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h2410     Document Type: Note

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