A four-year survey on unexpected pregnancy diagnoses in a large urban emergency department in Parma, Italy

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-54

  Cervellin, Gianfranco ^a   Comelli, Ivan ^a   Sartori, Elisabetta ^a   Lippi, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ACADEMIC HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Immigrants; Italy; Pregnancy testing; Unexpected pregnancy; Unplanned pregnancy; hCG

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AFRICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NIGERIAN; PREGNANCY; UNEXPECTED PREGNANCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908304159     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: 18793479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2014.04.006     Document Type: Article

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