Socio-demographic predictors and average annual rates of caesarean section in Bangladesh between 2004 and 2014

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Khan, Md Nuruzzaman ^a   Islam, M Mofizul ^b   Shariff, Asma Ahmad ^c   Alam, Md Mahmudul ^d   Rahman, Md Mostafizur ^d  

^a Jatiya Kabi Kazi Nazrul Islam University   (Bangladesh)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; CESAREAN SECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRENATAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CESAREAN SECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85018871426     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177579     Document Type: Article

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