Down syndrome screening: What do health professionals know?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 217-221

  Tyzack, Katrina ^a   Wallace, Euan M ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Down syndrome; Knowledge; Prenatal screening

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDWIFE; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST;

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0038489193     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0004-8666.2003.00070.x     Document Type: Article

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