Young Syrian adults' knowledge, perceptions and attitudes to premarital testing: Original Article

International Nursing Review

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 450-455

  Gharaibeh, H ^a   Mater, F K ^b,c  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b TISHREEN UNIVERSITY   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Perceptions and Attitudes; Premarital Testing; Syria; Young Adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; STUDENT; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ARABS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSANGUINITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGATIVISM; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREMARITAL EXAMINATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS; SYRIA; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449476146     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2009.00736.x     Document Type: Article

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