Determinates of underutilization of amniocentesis among Israeli Arab women

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-143

  Muhsen, Khitam ^a,b   Na'amnah, Wasef ^a,b   Lesser, Yael ^c   Volovik, Irina ^d   Cohen, Dani ^a   Shohat, Tamy ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Down syndrome; Muslim women; Risk factors; Underutilization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARAB; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOSLEM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; SPOUSE;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARABS; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PREGNANCY;

EID: 75649108563     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2428     Document Type: Article

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