Prenatal sickle cell screening education effect on the follow-up rates of infants with sickle cell trait

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 185-189

  Yang, Yih Ming ^a   Andrews, Susan ^a,b   Peterson, Rose ^a,b   Shah, Arvind ^a   Cepeda, Manuel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Mobile Chapter   (United States)

Author keywords

Follow up; Prenatal education; Screening; Sickle cell

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; PARENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MASS SCREENING; MOTHERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SICKLE CELL TRAIT;

EID: 0034142420     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(99)00022-1     Document Type: Article

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