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BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on all aspects of pregnancy and childbirth. The journal is indexed by CAS, MEDLINE, PubMed, Science Citation Index, Expanded, SCImago and Scopus.For editorial enquiries please contact the Executive Editor peter.odonovan@biomedcentral.com

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth is advised by an expert Editorial Board.

Section Editors:Cecily M Begley (Ireland)Matthias Borchert (Germany)Miriam Labbok (USA)Robert W Powers (USA)Ndola Prata (USA)Christine Roberts (Australia)Jos van Roosmalen (Netherlands)

Associate Editors:Kingsley Agho (Australia)Fiona Alerdice (UK)Mohammed Ali (Australia)Frank W. J. Anderson (USA)Edward Araujo Júnior (Brazil)Jermane Bond (USA)Stephanie Brown (Australia)Alexander Butwick (USA)Mahbub E Chowdhury (Bangladesh)Tim Colbourn (UK)Vincent De Brouwere (Belgium)Leroy Edozien (UK)Helen Elden (Sweden)Holly N Essex (UK)Jennifer Fenwick (UK)Asheber Gaym (Ethiopia)Ronald George (Canada)Michael Gravett (USA)

Pat Hoddinott (UK)Carl Hubel (USA)Lisa Hurt (UK)Albrecht Jahn (Germany)Asma Khalil (UK)Amina Khambalia (Australia)Ingela Lundgren (Sweden)Alison McFadden (UK)Tarek Meguid (Tanzania)Amy Metcalfe (Canada)Attila Molvarec (Hungary)Zubia Mumtaz (Canada)Kavita Nanda (USA)Anwar Nassar (Lebanon)Phuong Nguyen (USA)Eugene Oteng-Ntim (UK)Juliet Rayment (UK)Birgit Reime (Germany)Marcus Rijken (Thailand)Jane Sandall (UK)Jane Scott (Australia)Padam Simkhada (UK)Mary Steen (UK)Jeroen van Dillen (Netherlands)L. Lewis Wall (USA)Jane Warland (Australia)Karen Wynter (Australia)

Editorial Advisors:Zarko Alfirevic (UK)Guillermo Carroli (Argentina)Luis Gabriel Cuervo (USA)Kirsten Duckitt (UK)Metin Gulmezoglu (Switzerland)Phillip Hay (UK)Elina Hemminki (Finland)Ellen Hodnett (Canada)Eileen Hutton (Canada)Vincent Jaddoe (Netherlands)K S Joseph (Canada)Jaroslaw Kalinka (Poland)Chris Kettle (UK)Torvid Kiserud (Norway)Gunilla Lindmark (Sweden)Pisake Lumbiganon (Thailand)Judith Lumley (Australia)Kavita Nanda (USA)Jim Neilson (UK)David Osrin (UK)Jorma Paavonen (Finland)Mary Renfrew (UK)Michael J Taggart (UK)Zephne M van der Spuy (South Africa)Edwin van Teijlingen (UK)