"Holding our breath": the experiences of women contemplating nuchal translucency screening

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 236-242

  Hawthorne, Fiona ^a   Ahern, Kathy ^b  

^a BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; NUCHAL TRANSLUCENCY MEASUREMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 70350503044     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2008.02.007     Document Type: Article

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