Cesarean section in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong—A safe choice for women and clinicians?

Mairead Black; Sohinee Bhattacharya

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1002676

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Cesarean section in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong—A safe choice for women and clinicians?

Mairead Black ,

* E-mail: mairead.black@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliation Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6841-8601

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Sohinee Bhattacharya

Affiliation Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-5860

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Cesarean section in China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong—A safe choice for women and clinicians?

Mairead Black,
Sohinee Bhattacharya

Published: October 16, 2018
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002676

About the Authors

Mairead Black

* E-mail: mairead.black@abdn.ac.uk

Affiliation Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6841-8601

Sohinee Bhattacharya

Affiliation Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2358-5860

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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