Prenatal tests: How are women deciding?

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 743-748

  Michie, Susan ^a   Smith, Deana ^a   Marteau, Theresa M ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Knowledge; Prenatal tests; Screening; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DECISION MAKING; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032841573     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0223(199908)19:8<743::AID-PD636>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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