Effect of religion on the attitude of primiparous women toward genetic testing

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 241-246

  Usta, Ihab M ^a   Nassar, Anwar H ^a   Abu Musa, Antoine A ^a   Hannoun, Antoine ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Amniocentesis; Religion; Triple test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 77349123960     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2447     Document Type: Article

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