The Effect of Delaying Childbirth on Primary Cesarean Section Rates

• Gordon C. S Smith ,

  *To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: gcss2@cam.ac.uk

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cambridge University, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Yolande Cordeaux,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cambridge University, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Ian R White,

  Affiliation Medical Research Council (MRC) Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Public Health, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Dharmintra Pasupathy,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cambridge University, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Hannah Missfelder-Lobos,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cambridge University, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Jill P Pell,

  Affiliation Department of Public Health, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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• D. Stephen Charnock-Jones,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cambridge University, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Michael Fleming

  Affiliation Information and Statistics Division, National Health Service, Glasgow, United Kingdom

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