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The European survey of obstetrical interventions

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The frequency of caesarean sections increased dramatically through the 1970s. The only way to get the true picture is through population-based statistics, in which all births in a defined area are counted; not only those from single hospitals.

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  1. Bergsjø, P., Schmidt, E. and Pusch, D. (1983). Differences in the reported frequencies of some obstetrical interventions in Europe. Br. J. Obstet. Gynaecol., 90, 628–32

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J. Clinch T. Matthews

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Bergsjø, P. (1985). The European survey of obstetrical interventions. In: Clinch, J., Matthews, T. (eds) Perinatal Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4918-8_31

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