A mixed-method study of factors associated with differences in caesarean section rates at community level: the case of rural China.

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Published in Midwifery on February 20, 2013

Authors

Kun Huang1, Fangbiao Tao, Brian Faragher, Joanna Raven, Rachel Tolhurst, Shenglan Tang, Nynke van den Broek

Author Affiliations

1: School of Public Health, Anhui Medical University, 81 Meishan Road, Hefei, Anhui Province, PR China. wuweihk8028@163.com

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