Cesarean section: More than a maternal health issue

Marleen Temmerman; Abdu Mohiddin

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1003792

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Cesarean section: More than a maternal health issue

Marleen Temmerman ,

* E-mail: marleen.temmerman@aku.edu

Affiliation Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Medical College, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya
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Abdu Mohiddin

Affiliation Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Medical College, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3407-8888

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Cesarean section: More than a maternal health issue

Marleen Temmerman,
Abdu Mohiddin

Published: October 12, 2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003792

About the Authors

Marleen Temmerman

* E-mail: marleen.temmerman@aku.edu

Affiliation Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Medical College, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya

Abdu Mohiddin

Affiliation Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health, Medical College, Aga Khan University, Nairobi, Kenya

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3407-8888

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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