Generalized anxiety following unintended pregnancies resolved through childbirth and abortion: A cohort study of the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth

Journal of Anxiety Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 137-142

  Cougle, Jesse R ^a   Reardon, David C ^b   Coleman, Priscilla K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Elliot Inst for Social Sci Res   (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abortion; Anxiety; Childbirth; Unintended pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PREGNANCY; RACE; REPRODUCTION;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 5644254162     PISSN: 08876185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2003.12.003     Document Type: Article

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