Mapping uptake of prenatal diagnosis for Down syndrome and other chromosome abnormalities across Victoria, Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 492-500

  Muggli, Evelyne Elvira ^a   Collins, Veronica Rose ^a   Halliday, Jane Lavinia ^a,b,c  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demographic factors; Down syndrome; Health behaviour; Health services research; Prenatal diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARITY; PATIENT AUTONOMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 33751096441     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2006.00648.x     Document Type: Article

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