Use of the Internet by women seeking information about potentially teratogenic agents

European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Reproductive Biology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-157

  De Santis, Marco ^a   De Luca, Carmen ^a   Quattrocchi, Tomasella ^a   Visconti, Daniela ^a   Cesari, Elena ^a   Mappa, Ilenia ^a   Nobili, Elena ^a   Spagnuolo, Terryann ^a   Caruso, Alessandro ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Counselling; Internet health information; Pregnancy; Prevention; Teratogenic risk

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TERATOGENIC AGENT;

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNET; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL INFECTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 77955514041     PISSN: 03012115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2010.04.018     Document Type: Article

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