Maternal-fetal attachment: Searching for a new definition

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 169-182

  Sandbrook, Sandra P ^a   Adamson Macedo, Elvidina N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ante natal attachment; Closeness; Protection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; LOVE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PROTECTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUPPORT GROUP; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 14944345925     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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