Screening and counseling practices reported by obstetrician-gynecologists for patients with hepatitis C virus infection

Infectious Disease in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-44

  Boaz, Kathy ^a   Fiore, Anthony E ^a,d   Schrag, Stephanie J ^a   Gonik, Bernard ^b   Schulkin, Jay ^c  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Research ^*  (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Obstetrics guidelines; Pregnancy guidelines; Viral transmission and breastfeeding; Viral transmission and cesarean section; Viral transmission and pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LIFESTYLE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPATITIS C; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0037568434     PISSN: 10647449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S106474490300005X     Document Type: Article

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