Evidence-based prenatal care: Part I. General prenatal care and counseling issues

American Family Physician

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Kirkham, Colleen ^a,c,d   Harris, Susan ^a,b   Grzybowski, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c St Paul's Hospital   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CALCIUM; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COSMETIC; ESTRIOL; FOLIC ACID; HERBACEOUS AGENT; ILLICIT DRUG; IRON; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; RETINOL; VITAMIN D;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALPHA THALASSEMIA; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANEMIA; ANEUPLOIDY; BETA THALASSEMIA; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; BLOOD GROUP RHESUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CANAVAN DISEASE; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DECISION MAKING; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE MARKER; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY HISTORY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HEART AUSCULTATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL CARE; REVIEW; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; SMOKING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; TAY SACHS DISEASE; URINALYSIS;

BLOOD GROUPING AND CROSSMATCHING; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 16844383499     PISSN: 0002838X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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