Knowledge and attitudes of pregnant women with regard to collection, testing and banking of cord blood stem cells

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 695-698

  Fernandez, Conrad V ^a,b   Gordon, Kevin ^a   Van Den Hof, Michiel ^a   Taweel, Shaureen ^a   Baylis, Françoise ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL ASSAY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GESTATION PERIOD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; STEM CELL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0037453082     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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