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Ecological association between operative vaginal delivery and obstetric and birth trauma
Giulia M. Muraca, Sarka Lisonkova, Amanda Skoll, Rollin Brant, Geoffrey W. Cundiff, Yasser Sabr and K.S. Joseph
CMAJ June 18, 2018 190 (24) E734-E741; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.171076
Giulia M. Muraca
School of Population and Public Health (Muraca, Lisonkova, Joseph); Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Muraca, Lisonkova, Skoll, Cundiff, Sabr, Joseph), University of British Columbia; BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (Muraca, Lisonkova, Skoll, Brant, Cundiff, Joseph); Department of Statistics (Brant), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Sabr), King Saud University, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
PhD MPHSarka Lisonkova
School of Population and Public Health (Muraca, Lisonkova, Joseph); Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Muraca, Lisonkova, Skoll, Cundiff, Sabr, Joseph), University of British Columbia; BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (Muraca, Lisonkova, Skoll, Brant, Cundiff, Joseph); Department of Statistics (Brant), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Sabr), King Saud University, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
MD PhDAmanda Skoll
School of Population and Public Health (Muraca, Lisonkova, Joseph); Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Muraca, Lisonkova, Skoll, Cundiff, Sabr, Joseph), University of British Columbia; BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (Muraca, Lisonkova, Skoll, Brant, Cundiff, Joseph); Department of Statistics (Brant), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Sabr), King Saud University, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
MDRollin Brant
School of Population and Public Health (Muraca, Lisonkova, Joseph); Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Muraca, Lisonkova, Skoll, Cundiff, Sabr, Joseph), University of British Columbia; BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (Muraca, Lisonkova, Skoll, Brant, Cundiff, Joseph); Department of Statistics (Brant), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Sabr), King Saud University, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
PhDGeoffrey W. Cundiff
School of Population and Public Health (Muraca, Lisonkova, Joseph); Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Muraca, Lisonkova, Skoll, Cundiff, Sabr, Joseph), University of British Columbia; BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (Muraca, Lisonkova, Skoll, Brant, Cundiff, Joseph); Department of Statistics (Brant), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Sabr), King Saud University, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
MDYasser Sabr
School of Population and Public Health (Muraca, Lisonkova, Joseph); Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Muraca, Lisonkova, Skoll, Cundiff, Sabr, Joseph), University of British Columbia; BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (Muraca, Lisonkova, Skoll, Brant, Cundiff, Joseph); Department of Statistics (Brant), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Sabr), King Saud University, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
MD MHScK.S. Joseph
School of Population and Public Health (Muraca, Lisonkova, Joseph); Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology (Muraca, Lisonkova, Skoll, Cundiff, Sabr, Joseph), University of British Columbia; BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital and Health Centre (Muraca, Lisonkova, Skoll, Brant, Cundiff, Joseph); Department of Statistics (Brant), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC; Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Sabr), King Saud University, King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Ecological association between operative vaginal delivery and obstetric and birth trauma
Giulia M. Muraca, Sarka Lisonkova, Amanda Skoll, Rollin Brant, Geoffrey W. Cundiff, Yasser Sabr, K.S. Joseph
CMAJ Jun 2018, 190 (24) E734-E741; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.171076
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