Effects of maternal depressive symptoms and infant gender on the interactions between mothers and their medically at-risk infants

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 58-70

  Cho, June ^a   Holditch Davis, Diane ^b   Miles, Margaret S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Infants seropositive for HIV; Maternal depressive symptoms; Medically fragile infants; Mother infant interactions; Premature infants

Indexed keywords

EID: 38649113257     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2007.00206.x     Document Type: Article

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