The gender of the examiner, the state of the pregnancy and women's perception of transvaginal sonography in the first trimester

European Journal of Ultrasound

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 237-241

  Salih Basama, Faisal Mohammed ^a   Crosfill, Fiona ^a   Price, Amanda ^a  

^a LANCASHIRE TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Gender of the examiner; Perception; State of the pregnancy; Transvaginal sonography

Indexed keywords

FETAL MONITORING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PREGNANCY;

ULTRASONICS;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PAIN; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSVAGINAL ECHOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; SEX FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 0037314144     PISSN: 09298266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-8266(02)00078-2     Document Type: Article

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