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. 2016 Apr;123(5):667-70.
doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.13526. Epub 2015 Jul 22.

WHO Statement on Caesarean Section Rates

A P Betran  1 , M R Torloni  2 , J J Zhang  3 , A M Gülmezoglu  1 ; WHO Working Group on Caesarean Section
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WHO Statement on Caesarean Section Rates

A P Betran et al. BJOG. 2016 Apr.
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