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Rates and implications of caesarean sections in Latin America: ecological study   Commentary: all women should have a choice   Commentary: increase in caesarean sections may reflect medical control not women's choice   Commentary: "health has become secondary to a sexually attractive body"

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Maternal mortality at the end of a decade: signs of progress?

Carla AbouZahr, Tessa Wardlaw · PubMed · 2001 · 288 citations

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Cesarean section delivery in the 1980's: International comparison by indication

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Revised 1990 estimates of maternal mortality: a new approach by WHO and UNICEF

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública · 1997 · 157 citations · Full text

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