Applied Nursing Research
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 236-242 , November 2009

“Holding our breath”: the experiences of women contemplating nuchal translucency screening

  • Fiona Hawthorne, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University, Gold Coast, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 7 5595 4457; fax: +61 7 5595 4122.
    • ,
  • Kathy Ahern, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Received 17 July 2007 ,Revised 16 January 2008 ,Accepted 19 February 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2008.02.007

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 22, Issue 4 , Pages 236-242 , November 2009

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