American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 3 , Pages 969-974 , September 2004

The influence of obesity and diabetes on the risk of cesarean delivery

Received 22 February 2004 ,Revised 26 May 2004 ,Accepted 11 June 2004.

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 Presented at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, February 2-7, 2004, New Orleans, LouisianaReprints are not available from the authors.

PII: S0002-9378(04)00657-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2004.06.057

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 191, Issue 3 , Pages 969-974 , September 2004

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