The effect of delaying childbirth on primary cesarean section rates.

<h4>Background</h4>The relationship between population trends in delaying childbirth and rising rates of primary cesarean delivery is unclear. The aims of the present study were (1) to characterize the association between maternal age and the outcome of labor, (2) to determine the propor...

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Main Authors: Gordon C S Smith, Yolande Cordeaux, Ian R White, Dharmintra Pasupathy, Hannah Missfelder-Lobos, Jill P Pell, D Stephen Charnock-Jones, Michael Fleming
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-07-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18597550/pdf/?tool=EBI