Associations between cesarean delivery and child mortality: A national record linkage longitudinal study of 17.8 million births in Brazil.
<h4>Background</h4>There is an increasing use of cesarean delivery (CD) based on preference rather than on medical indication. However, the extent to which nonmedically indicated CD benefits or harms child survival remains unclear. Our hypothesis was that in groups with a low indication...
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| Main Authors: | Enny S Paixao, Christian Bottomley, Julia M Pescarini, Kerry L M Wong, Luciana L Cardim, Rita de Cássia Ribeiro Silva, Elizabeth B Brickley, Laura C Rodrigues, Flavia Jôse Oliveira Alves, Maria do Carmo Leal, Maria da Conceicao N Costa, Maria Gloria Teixeira, Maria Yury Ichihara, Liam Smeeth, Mauricio L Barreto, Oona M R Campbell |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2021-10-01
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| Series: | PLoS Medicine |
| Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1003791&type=printable |
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