Concerns about body shape and weight in the postpartum period and their relation to women's self-identification

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-364

  Patel, Priti ^a   Lee, Joanna ^b   Wheatcroft, Rebecca ^c   Barnes, Jacqueline ^d   Stein, Alan ^e  

^a Northern Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Greenwich Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; EATING HABIT; FAMILY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PERSONALITY TEST; PREGNANCY; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIETY;

EID: 31144448141     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646830500273657     Document Type: Article

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