Rising caesarean section rates: can evolution and ecology explain some of the difficulties of modern childbirth?
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Department of Obstetrics, Simpson Centre for Reproductive Health, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh-Little France, 51 Little France Crescent, Edinburgh EH16 4SA, Scotland, UK.
D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D001827:Body Height; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003469:Culture; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D015186:Hominidae; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008423:Maternal Age; D009765:Obesity / Q000503:physiopathology; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000209:etiology; D011156:Population Density; D011247:Pregnancy