On the nature and consequences of early loss

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 570-581

  Hofer, Myron A ^a,b  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

animal model; attachment; early loss; health risk; infant behavior; infant physiology

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; BEREAVEMENT; GRIEF; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MONKEY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION;

EID: 0029829828     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006842-199611000-00005     Document Type: Review

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