Antenatal serum screening for genital herpes: A study of knowledge and attitudes of women at a central London hospital

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 347-349

  Vonau, Barbara ^a   Low Beer, Naomi ^a   Barton, Simon E ^a   Smith, J Richard ^a  

^a CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENITAL HERPES; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HERPES GENITALIS; HUMANS; LONDON; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031047575     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: 14710528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1997.tb11466.x     Document Type: Article

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