Postpartal anxiety and depression in mothers of term and preterm infants

Nursing Research

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 82-85

  Gennaro, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; DELIVERY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NORMAL VALUE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; PUERPERIUM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MOTHERS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0023923910     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: 15389847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-198803000-00005     Document Type: Article

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