Women's experiences of birth in St Petersburg, Russian Federation

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 243-258

  Chalmers, Beverley ^a,e   Samarskaya, Mida F ^b   Tkatchenko, Elena ^c   Wallington, Tamara ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b Health Committee   (Russian Federation)

^c International Department   (Russian Federation)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDBIRTH; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PARENTHOOD; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0031726104     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646839808404573     Document Type: Article

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