WHO Statement on Caesarean Section Rates

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  • Publication Date
    2015/07/22
  • Indian UGC (journal)
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  • AP Betran UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, World Bank Special Programme of Research Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction Department of Reproductive Health and Research World Health Organization Geneva Switzerland
  • MR Torloni Brazilian Cochrane Center and Department of Obstetrics São Paulo School of Medicine São Paulo Federal University São Paulo Brazil
  • JJ Zhang Ministry of Education–Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health Xinhua Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai China
  • AM Gülmezoglu UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO, World Bank Special Programme of Research Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction Department of Reproductive Health and Research World Health Organization Geneva Switzerland
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Betran, AP, et al. “WHO Statement on Caesarean Section Rates”. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Amp; Gynaecology, vol. 123, no. 5, 2015, pp. 667-70, https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.13526.
Betran, A., Torloni, M., Zhang, J., & Gülmezoglu, A. (2015). WHO Statement on Caesarean Section Rates. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Amp; Gynaecology, 123(5), 667-670. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.13526
Betran, AP, MR Torloni, JJ Zhang, and AM Gülmezoglu. “WHO Statement on Caesarean Section Rates”. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics &Amp; Gynaecology 123, no. 5 (2015): 667-70. https://doi.org/10.1111/1471-0528.13526.
Betran A, Torloni M, Zhang J, Gülmezoglu A. WHO Statement on Caesarean Section Rates. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2015;123(5):667-70.
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