Antenatal mood and fetal attachment after assisted conception

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1103-1112

  Fisher, Jane R W ^a   Hammarberg, Karin ^a   Baker, Gordon H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

antenatal anxiety; antenatal attachment; antenatal depression; assisted reproductive technologies; Infertility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOOD DISORDER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFFECT; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MARRIAGE; MOOD DISORDERS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE TECHNIQUES, ASSISTED; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 43449133284     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2007.05.022     Document Type: Article

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