Attitudes towards routine prenatal diagnostic investigations in obstetrics practice in the Republic of Ireland

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 135-137

  Ononeze, B O ^a   Gaffney, G ^a   Morrison, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONFUSION; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; OBSTETRICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PLACENTA LOCALIZATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; PREGNANCY; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0042207074     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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