European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 141, Issue 2 , Pages 104-110 , December 2008

Urbanization and the likelihood of a cesarean section

  • Chin-Shyan Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Economics, National Taipei University, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Herng-Ching Lin

      Affiliations

    • School of Health Care Administration, Taipei Medical University, 250 Wu-Hsing Street, Taipei 110, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +886 2 2736 1661x3613; fax: +886 2 2378 9788.
    • ,
  • Tsai-Ching Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Finance, National Taipei University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shiyng-Yu Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Stefani Pfeiffer

      Affiliations

    • Department of History, Rutgers University, NJ, USA

Received 14 February 2008 ,Revised 30 April 2008 ,Accepted 3 July 2008.

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PII: S0301-2115(08)00289-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2008.07.016

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 141, Issue 2 , Pages 104-110 , December 2008

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