Consumer demand for caesarean sections in Brazil

BMJ

Volumn 325, Issue 7359, 2002, Pages 335-

  Potter, Joseph E ^a   Hopkins, Kristine ^a   Barbieri, Marco Antonio ^b   Silva, António Augusto Mourada ^c   Rona, Roberto Jorge ^d   Bettiol, Heloisa ^e   Begley, Cecily M ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c University of Maranhäo Largo dos Amores 21   (Brazil)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NOTE; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85007686835     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7359.335     Document Type: Letter

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