Emotional distress and its correlates among Nigerian women in late pregnancy

Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 504-509

  Fatoye, F O ^a   Adeyemi, A B ^a   Oladimeji, B Y ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; NIGERIA; OBSTETRICS; PARITY; POLYGAMY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; RACE; RATING SCALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 4544327264     PISSN: 01443615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443610410001722518     Document Type: Article

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