Ultrasound screening during pregnancy in Iran: Womens' expectations, experiences and number of scans

Midwifery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-29

  Ranji, Azar ^a   Dykes, Anna Karin ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Expectation; Experience; Pregnancy; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONGENITAL DISORDER; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IRAN; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTERS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855873974     PISSN: 02666138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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