Attitudes of a high-risk group of pregnant Saudi Arabian women to prenatal screening for chromosomal anomalies

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 522-527

  Babay, Z A ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; SAUDI ARABIA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABORTION, THERAPEUTIC; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; ISLAM; MATERNAL AGE; MOTIVATION; PARITY; PEDIGREE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL VALUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 28444454029     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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