Birth in Brazil: national survey into labour and birth

do Carmo Leal, María; Augusto Moura da Sílva, Antônio; Augusto Bastos Dias, Marcos; Granado Nogueira da Gama, Silvana; Rattner, Daphne; Elizabeth Lopes Moreira, Maria; Miranda Theme Filha, Mariza; Maria Soares Madeira Domingues, Rosa; Paula Esteves Pereira, Ana; Alves Torres, Jacqueline; Duarte Azevedo Bittencourt, Sonia; d’Orsi, Eleonora; JLA Cunha, Antonio; Jorge Madeiro Leite, Álvaro; Silva Cavalcante, Rejane; Lansky, Sônia; Simone Grilo Diniz, Carmem; Landmann Szwarcwald, Célia

doi:10.1186/1742-4755-9-15

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Birth in Brazil: national survey into labour and birth

Published in Reproductive Health • Aug 22, 2012

Authors:

María do Carmo Leal

Antônio Augusto Moura da Sílva

Marcos Augusto Bastos Dias

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Caesarean section rates in Brazil have been steadily increasing. In 2009, for the first time, the number of children born by this type of procedure was greater than the number of vaginal births. Caesarean section is associated with a series of adverse effects on the women and newborn, an...

Subject

Medicine

Caesarean section

Obstetrics

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