Ethnic and socio-economic differences in uptake of prenatal diagnostic tests for Down's syndrome

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-162

  Fransen, Mirjam P ^a   Wildschut, Hajo I J ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   Galjaard, Robert Jan ^a   Essink Bot, Marie Louise ^a,b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Down's syndrome; Ethnic differences; Prenatal diagnostic tests; Socio economic differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; ARUBA; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NETHERLANDS ANTILLES; NORTH AFRICA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SURINAME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 77955510712     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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