Pregnant Women's Attitudes Toward Amniocentesis Before Receiving Down Syndrome Screening Results

Women's Health Issues

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 79-84

  Brajenović Milić, Bojana ^a   Babić, Ivana ^a   Ristić, Smiljana ^a   Vraneković, Jadranka ^a   Brumini, Gordana ^a   Kapović, Miljenko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHER;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; DECISION MAKING; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 39749143977     PISSN: 10493867     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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