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Cesarean sections among low-risk primiparous women

Justyna Kot
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Klaudia Sieńko-Hans
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,
Marek Klimek
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  1. Department of Mother and Child Health, Institute of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Cracow, Poland
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2024; 26(4): 471–478
Online publish date: 2024/12/29
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