Risk factors for the increasing caesarean section rate in Southeast Brazil: a comparison of two birth cohorts, 1978-1979 and 1994 | Zendy

Uilho Antônio Gomes | Zendy; Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva | Zendy; Heloísa Bettiol | Zendy; Marco Antônio Barbieri | Zendy

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Risk factors for the increasing caesarean section rate in Southeast Brazil: a comparison of two birth cohorts, 1978-1979 and 1994

Author(s) -

Uilho Antônio Gomes,

Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva,

Heloísa Bettiol,

Marco Antônio Barbieri

Publication year - 1999

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/28.4.687

Subject(s) - caesarean section , medicine , attendance , demography , population , prenatal care , logistic regression , socioeconomic status , pregnancy , confounding , psychological intervention , reproductive health , public health , obstetrics , environmental health , nursing , genetics , sociology , biology , pathology , economics , economic growth

Brazil has the highest caesarean section (CS) rate in the world (36.4% in 1996).

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