Frequency of denial of pregnancy: Results and epidemiological significance of a 1-year prospective study in Berlin

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 81, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1021-1027

  Essel, J W ^a   Ndrikat, J E ^b   Uscher, U B ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Denial of pregnancy; Epidemiology; Frequency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENIAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036847891     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2002.811105.x     Document Type: Article

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