Contemporary cesarean delivery practice in the United States.

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Published in Am J Obstet Gynecol on August 12, 2010

Authors

Jun Zhang1, James Troendle, Uma M Reddy, S Katherine Laughon, D Ware Branch, Ronald Burkman, Helain J Landy, Judith U Hibbard, Shoshana Haberman, Mildred M Ramirez, Jennifer L Bailit, Matthew K Hoffman, Kimberly D Gregory, Victor H Gonzalez-Quintero, Michelle Kominiarek, Lee A Learman, Christos G Hatjis, Paul van Veldhuisen, Consortium on Safe Labor

Author Affiliations

1: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

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