Attitudes to prenatal testing and termination of pregnancy in Saudi Arabia

Community Genetics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 169-173

  Alsulaiman, Ayman ^a   Hewison, J ^b  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic disorders; Pregnancy, termination; Prenatal testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ABNORMALITIES; ABORTION, INDUCED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 34250684661     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000101758     Document Type: Article

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