I am a woman and I'm pregnant: Body image of women in Taiwan during the third trimester of pregnancy

Birth

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 147-153

  Chang, Shiow Ru ^b   Chao, Yu Mei ^c   Kenney, Nancy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDBIRTH; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; TAIWAN; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BODY IMAGE; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SELF CONCEPT; SPOUSES; TAIWAN; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33748988713     PISSN: 07307659     EISSN: 1523536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0730-7659.2006.00087.x     Document Type: Article

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