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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1223-1224

  Baillie, Catherine ^a   Mason, Gerald ^b   Hewison, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOTE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; SCREENING; ULTRASOUND;

ANXIETY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0030719942     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb10966.x     Document Type: Note

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