What makes new mothers unhappy: Psychological distress one year after birth in Italy and France

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1651-1661

  Romito, Patrizia ^a   Saurel Cubizolles, Marie Josèphe ^b   Lelong, Nathalie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; ITALY; MOTHER; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARRIAGE; MOTHERS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032818913     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(99)00238-5     Document Type: Article

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