The impact of multiple preterm births on the family

Hospital Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 648-650

  Bryan, Elizabeth ^a  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CEREBRAL PALSY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EPIDEMIC; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HIGH RISK PREGNANCY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; TWIN PREGNANCY; TWIN TWIN TRANSFUSION SYNDROME;

EID: 3142665632     PISSN: 14623935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2003.64.11.2344     Document Type: Conference Paper

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