Women's beliefs about the duration of pregnancy and the earliest gestational age to safely give birth

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 156-162

  Zhang, Lillian Y ^a   Todd, Angela L ^a   Khambalia, Amina ^a   Roberts, Christine L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

beliefs; gestational age; pregnancy; survey; term

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; TERM BIRTH;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; TERM BIRTH; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928794535     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: 1479828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajo.12263     Document Type: Article

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