Prenatal genetic screening: The Finnish experience

Before Birth: Understanding Prenatal Screening

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 143-155

  Aro, Arja R ^a   Jallinoja, Pua ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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