Feelings and the need for information and counselling of expectant parents of twins

Twin Research

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 142-149

  Nys, Kristien ^a   Colpin, Hilde ^a   De Munter, Agnes ^a   Vandemeulebroecke, Lieve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Counselling; Parenting; Pregnancy; Prenatal; Twins

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TWINS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; TWINS;

EID: 0032151303     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.1.3.142     Document Type: Article

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