Psychological distress of new Spanish mothers

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 294-299

  Escribà, Vicenta ^a,d   Más, Rosa ^a   Romito, Patrizia ^b   Saurel Cubizolles, Marie Joseph ^c  

^a Generalitat Valenciana   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d IVESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Baby's health; Job conditions; Marital factors; New mothers; Perinatal factors; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0343339991     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/9.4.294     Document Type: Article

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