Attitudes of pregnant women regarding termination of pregnancy for fetal abnormality

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 977-980

  Souka, A P ^a,b   Michalitsi, V D ^a   Skentou, H ^c   Euripioti, H ^a   Papadopoulos, G K ^d   Kassanos, D ^a   Messinis, I E ^c   Salamalekis, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Lito Maternity Hospital   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^d AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fetal abnormality; Prenatal diagnosis; Termination of pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DEFORMITY; FEMALE; FETUS DISEASE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FETUS MALFORMATION; HUMAN; LETHALITY; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ABORTION, EUGENIC; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FETUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957358293     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2600     Document Type: Article

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