Women's Memory of Childbirth at Two Months and One Year after the Birth

Birth

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 248-254

  Waldenström, Ulla ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABOR; LABOR PAIN; MEMORY; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEMORY; MOTHERS; PAIN; PARITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0344010641     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-536X.2003.00254.x     Document Type: Article

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