European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 149, Issue 2 , Pages 147-152 , April 2010

Variability in caesarean section rates for very preterm births at 28–31 weeks of gestation in 10 European regions: Results of the MOSAIC project

  • Jennifer Zeitlin

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, UMR S953, Epidemiological Research Unit on Perinatal and Women's and Infant's Health, Paris, France
    • UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: INSERM U953, Hôpital St Vincent de Paul 82 av. Denfert Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France. Tel.: +33 1 42 34 55 79.
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  • Dominico Di Lallo

      Affiliations

    • Agency for Public Health of Lazio Region, Rome, Italy
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  • Béatrice Blondel

      Affiliations

    • INSERM, UMR S953, Epidemiological Research Unit on Perinatal and Women's and Infant's Health, Paris, France
    • UPMC Univ Paris 06, Paris, France
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  • Tom Weber

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics, Hvidovre University Hospital, Denmark
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  • Stephan Schmidt

      Affiliations

    • Clinic for Obstetrics and Prenatal Medicine, University of Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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  • Wolfgang Künzel

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University Giessen, Germany
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  • Louis Kollée

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Children's Hospital, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Emile Papiernik

      Affiliations

    • Université Paris V Réné Descartes et Maternité de Port-Royal, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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  • MOSAIC Research group

      Affiliations

    • Belgium, Flanders (E. Martens, G. Martens, P. Van Reempts); Denmark, Eastern Denmark (K. Boerch, T. Weber, B. Peitersen); France, Ile-de-France (G. Bréart, JL Chabernaud, D. Delmas, PH Jarreau, E. Papiernik); Germany, Hesse (L. Gortner, W. Künzel, R.F. Maier, B. Misselwitz, S. Schmidt); Italy, Lazio (R. Agostino, D. Di Lallo, R. Paesano); Netherlands, Eastern and Central (L. den Ouden, L. Kollée, G. Visser, J. Gerrits, R. de Heus); Poland, Wielkopolska and Lubuskie (G. Breborowicz, J.Gadzinowski, J. Mazela); Portugal, Northern Region (H. Barros, I. Campos, M.Carrapato,) UK, Trent Region (E. Draper, D. Field, J. Konje); UK, Northern Region (A. Fenton, D. Milligan, S. Sturgiss); INSERM U149, Paris (G. Bréart, B. Blondel, H. Pilkington, J. Zeitlin); External contributors (M. Cuttini, S.Petrou). Steering Committee (E. Papiernik, J. Zeitlin, G. Bréart, E. Draper, L. Kollée).

Received 28 April 2009 ,Revised 6 November 2009 ,Accepted 21 December 2009.

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PII: S0301-2115(09)00740-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2009.12.018

European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Volume 149, Issue 2 , Pages 147-152 , April 2010

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