Maternal antenatal attachment style and potential fetal abuse

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1345-1357

  Pollock, Philip H ^a   Percy, Andrew ^b  

^a ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMAN; MOTHER; PERSONALITY; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

EID: 0032702097     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0145-2134(99)00101-5     Document Type: Article

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