Delivery settings and caesarean section rates in China

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 755-762

  Sufang, Guo ^a   Padmadas, Sabu S ^b   Fengmin, Zhao ^c   Brown, James J ^b   William Stones, R ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN'S FUND   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILDBEARING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MATERNAL HEALTH; MODELING;

ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHINA; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 84975855283     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.06.035808     Document Type: Article

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