Parents of preterm infants two months after discharge from the hospital: Are they still at (parental) risk?

Health and Social Work

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 299-308

  Olshtain Mann, Orly ^a   Auslander, Gail K ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; NICU; Parental stress; Preterm infants; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349187576     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: 15456854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/33.4.299     Document Type: Article

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