Open AccessPsychosocial factors in maternal phenylketonuria: prevention of unplanned pregnancies.
Author(s) -
Susan E. Waisbren,
Shoshana Shiloh,
Paula St. James,
Harvey L. Levy
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.81.3.299
Subject(s) - psychosocial , medicine , family planning , pregnancy , locus of control , birth control , demography , population , psychiatry , developmental psychology , psychology , environmental health , research methodology , genetics , sociology , biology
Women with phenylketonuria (PKU) not treated prior to conception can have a pregnancy that results in serious fetal damage. In this report, factors associated with preventing unplanned (and hence late treated) pregnancies are described.