Coping with the stress of premature labor

Health Care for Woman International

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 547-561

  Lowenkron, Ann Herman ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033223527     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/073993399245458     Document Type: Article

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