Changes in body height and global caesarean section rates

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Changes in body height and global caesarean section rates

This article suggested that trends of adult body height between the 1970s and 1990s could explain the global variance in the present national caesarean section rates.

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Link to Publication: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2018.2425

 

WYE-EM-087-MAR-19

Reference

Zaffarini E, Mitteroecker P. Secular changes in body height predict global rates of caesarean section. Proc. R. Soc. B. 2019;286: 20182425.
 

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