Postpartum emotional distress: A controlled study of Nigerian women after caesarean childbirth

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-129

  Ukpong, D I ^a   Owolabi, A T ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CESAREAN SECTION; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 32944471584     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610500443386     Document Type: Article

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