Antenatal screening practice for infectious diseases by general practitioners in Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 39-44

  Giles, Michelle L ^a   Pedrana, Alisa ^a   Jones, Cheryl ^d,e   Garland, Suzanne ^c,f   Hellard, Margaret ^a   Lewin, Sharon R ^a,b  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antenatal diagnosis; Australia; Communicable diseases; Physicians family

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEPATITIS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATITIS C; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RUBELLA; SYPHILIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RISK; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEPATITIS C, CHRONIC; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS, CONGENITAL; VICTORIA;

EID: 66549086654     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2008.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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