Reproductive choices made by South African mothers who have a child with Down syndrome [8]

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 515-516

  Lampret, Julie Clare ^a   Christianson, Arnold ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNICITY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; LIVE BIRTH; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34447626297     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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