Who worries that something might be wrong with the baby? A prospective study of 1072 pregnant women

Birth

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 223-233

  Statham, Helen ^b   Green, Josephine M ^a   Kafetsios, Kostas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT WELFARE; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ANXIETY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031308554     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-536x.1997.00223.pp.x     Document Type: Article

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