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Is VBAC(Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) Really Safe?

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J Korean Med Assoc. 2005;48(5):489-500
Publication date (electronic) : 2005 May 31
doi : https://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2005.48.5.489
Joong Shin Park

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*Relative precentage change when comparing 1996 with 2000

†Confidence interval

‡Payment source is state/local government program, Title V funds, or military

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