Birth in Brazil: national survey into labour and birth

• Main Authors: do Carmo Leal Maria (Author), da Silva Antônio Augusto (Author), Dias Marcos Augusto (Author), da Gama Silvana Granado (Author), Rattner Daphne (Author), Moreira Maria (Author), Filha Mariza Miranda (Author), Domingues RosaMariaSoaresMadeira (Author), Pereira Ana Paula (Author), Torres Jacqueline (Author), Bittencourt Sonia Duarte (Author), D'orsi Eleonora (Author), Cunha Antonio JLA (Author), Leite Alvaro Jorge (Author), Cavalcante Rejane (Author), Lansky Sonia (Author), Diniz Carmem Simone (Author), Szwarcwald Célia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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...