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Choosing caesarean section
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Rates of caesarean section: analysis of global, regional and national estimates
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Self-citationFear of childbirth: a neglected dilemma
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Reasons for elective cesarean section on maternal request: a systematic review.
Jenabi, E., Khazaei, S., Bashirian, S., Aghababaei, S., & Matinnia, N. (2020) · The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine · doi:10.1080/14767058.2019.1587407 · Cited by 199
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Caesarean section for non-medical reasons at term
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Metadata
- Authors
- Wagner, M.
- Venue
- The Lancet
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2000-11
- Volume
- 356
- Issue
- 9242
- Pages
- 1677-1680
- ISSN
- 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
- 0140-6736
- OpenAlex
- W2117666509
- Cited by
- 263
- References
- 20
- FWCI
- 13.24
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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