A Critical Review of Maternal Abuse and Infant Outcomes: Implications for Newborn Nurses

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-13

  Records, Kathie ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Domestic violence; Health; Infant; Maternal; Maternal infant relationship; Newborn

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847035245     PISSN: 15273369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.nainr.2006.12.005     Document Type: Article

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