Ethnic differences in participation in prenatal screening for Down syndrome: A register-based study

Prenatal Diagnosis

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 988-994

  Fransen, Mirjam P ^a   Schoonen, Marleen H M H J D ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^a   De Koning, Harry J ^a   Laudy, Jacqueline A M ^b   Galjaard, Robert Jan ^a   Looman, Caspar W N ^a   Essink Bot, Marie Louise ^a,c   Wildschut, Hajo I J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b STAR Medical Diagnostic Center   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ethnic and socio economic differences; Prenatal screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MATERNAL AGE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77957365458     PISSN: 01973851     EISSN: 10970223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pd.2603     Document Type: Article

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