Survey of obstetrician-gynecologists in the United States about Chagas disease

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 891-895

  Verani, Jennifer R ^a   Montgomery, Susan P ^a   Schulkin, Jay ^b   Anderson, Britta ^b   Jones, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OBSTETRICIANS AND GYNECOLOGISTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHAGAS DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL INFECTION; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MATERNAL INFECTION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; CENTRAL AMERICA; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SOUTH AMERICA;

CENTRAL AMERICA; CHAGAS DISEASE; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MEXICO; OBSTETRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955828226     PISSN: 00029637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0543     Document Type: Article

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