Factors affecting the uptake of prenatal screening tests for congenital anomalies; a multicentre prospective cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gitsels van der Wal, Janneke T ^a,b   Verhoeven, Pieternel S ^c   Manniën, Judith ^a   Martin, Linda ^a   Reinders, Hans S ^b   Spelten, Evelien ^e   Hutton, Eileen K ^a,d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c University College Roosevelt   (Netherlands)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Combined test; Congenital abnormalities; Down syndrome; Fetal anomaly scan; Immigrants; Religion; Second trimester pregnancy; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATHOLICISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMBINED TEST FOR DOWN SYNDROME; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DUTCHMAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FETAL ANOMALY SCAN; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; ISLAM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDWIFE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPARA; MUSLIM; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTESTANT; PROTESTANTISM; QUESTIONNAIRE; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; ETHNOLOGY; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GENETICS; MATERNAL AGE; MIGRATION; PARITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; RELIGION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; DOWN SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MATERNAL AGE; NETHERLANDS; PARITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RELIGION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84908113130     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-264     Document Type: Article

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