Cross-national comparison of family dynamics during the third trimester of pregnancy in the united states and Iceland

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-107

  White, Marjorie A ^a   Wilson, Margaret E ^b   Tomlinson, Barbara ^c   Tómasdóttir, Margrét ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Reykjavik City Hospital   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030093335     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399339609516226     Document Type: Article

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