Women's perspectives on counseling about risks for medication-induced birth defects

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-69

  Santucci, Aimee K ^a   Gold, Melanie A ^a   Akers, Aletha Y ^a   Borrero, Sonya ^a,b   Schwarz, Eleanor Bimla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth defects; Contraception; Counseling; Medications; Qualitative; Teratogens

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIRTH DEFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PLANNING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TERATOGENICITY; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ABNORMALITIES, DRUG-INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TERATOGENS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749141367     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20618     Document Type: Article

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