The role of social support in helping chinese women with perinatal depressive symptoms cope with family conflict

JOGNN - Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 556-571

  Lau, Ying ^a   Wong, Daniel Fu Keung ^b  

^a MACAO POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (Macao)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Family conflict; Perinatal depressive symptoms; Role of social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 51849093977     PISSN: 08842175     EISSN: 15526909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6909.2008.00273.x     Document Type: Article

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