Socio-demographic disparities in the uptake of prenatal screening and diagnosis in Western Australia

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-16

  Maxwell, Susannah ^a   Brameld, Kate ^a,b,c   Bower, Carol ^d,e   Dickinson, Jan E ^f,g   Goldblatt, Jack ^b   Hadlow, Narelle ^h,i   Hewitt, Bev ^j   Murch, Ashleigh ^b,k   Murphy, Anthony ^l   Stock, Roseanne ^b   O'Leary, Peter ^a,b,g,m  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e Western Australian Birth Defects Registry   (Australia)

^f KING EDWARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h WESTERN DIAGNOSTIC PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

ⁱ PathWest   (Australia)

^j Park Ultrasound   (Australia)

^k PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^l Western Ultrasound for Women   (Australia)

^m CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

aneuploidy; prenatal diagnosis; screening; socio demographics

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FETUS MALFORMATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARITY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951501122     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2010.01250.x     Document Type: Article

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