Determinants affecting pregnant women's utilization of prenatal screening for Down syndrome: A review of the literature

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 1676-1681

  Crombag, Neeltje M ^a   Bensing, Jozien M ^b   Iedema Kuiper, Rita ^a   Schielen, Peter C ^c   Visser, Gerard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antenatal screening; Down syndrome; Healthcare utilization

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; DOWN SYNDROME; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL CARE; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOWN SYNDROME; EPIDEMIOLOGIC FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 84886608422     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.798289     Document Type: Review

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