Premature singleton versus a twin or triplet infant death: Parental adjustment studied through a personal interview

Twin Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 258-263

  Netzer, Dvorah ^a   Arad, Ilan ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Parental adjustment; Preterm death; Singleton; Twin

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ARTICLE; FAMILY; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRIEF; HOME; HUMAN TRIPLETS; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NEWBORN DEATH; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE; TWINS; WORK;

EID: 0033369713     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.2.4.258     Document Type: Article

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