Psychiatric morbidity following miscarriage: A prevalence study of Chinese women in Hong Kong

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 63-68

  Lee, Dominic T S ^a   Wong, C K ^a   Cheung, L P ^a   Leung, Henry C M ^a   Haines, Christopher J ^a   Chung, Tony K H ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Abortion; Anxiety disorders; Chinese; Major depression; Psychiatric morbidity; Psychology; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE;

ABORTION, SPONTANEOUS; ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030975442     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(96)01418-8     Document Type: Article

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