Pregnancy following miscarriage: Course of grief and some determining factors

Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 168-174

  Cuisinier, M ^a   Janssen, H ^a   De Graauw, C ^a   Bakker, S ^a   Hoogduin, C ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Grief; Pregnancy loss; Subsequent pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERINATAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RATING SCALE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 0029808796     PISSN: 0167482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01674829609025678     Document Type: Article

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