Obstetrician/gynecologists' knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding prevention of infections in pregnancy

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1187-1193

  Ross, Danielle S ^a,c   Rasmussen, Sonja A ^a   Cannon, Michael J ^a   Anderson, Britta ^b   Kilker, Katie ^a   Tumpey, Abbigail ^a   Schulkin, Jay ^b   Jones, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

^c MS E 88 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; BORDETELLOSIS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; GYNECOLOGY; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HERPES ZOSTER; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LISTERIOSIS; LYMPHOCYTIC CHORIOMENINGITIS VIRUS; PARVOVIRUS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; RISK REDUCTION; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VARICELLA ZOSTER VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349215362     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2008.1288     Document Type: Article

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