The project: Having a baby over 35 years

Women and Birth

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 121-126

  Carolan, Mary ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Career women; Maternal employment; Midwifery; Pregnancy over 35 years

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; NARRATION; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA;

EID: 34548126197     PISSN: 18715192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wombi.2007.05.004     Document Type: Article

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