Maternal expectations about infant development of pre-term and fullterm infants: A cross-national comparison

Infant and Child Development

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 41-58

  Van Beek, Y ^a   Genta, M L ^b   Costabile, A ^c   Sansavini, A ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Developmental milestones; Maternal expectations; Prematurity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644808637     PISSN: 15227227     EISSN: 15227219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/icd.428     Document Type: Article

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