Correlates of miscarriage among young women in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health

Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 40-53

  Rowlands, Ingrid ^a   Lee, Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health; Miscarriage; Motherhood; Social factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 61549130844     PISSN: 02646838     EISSN: 1469672X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02646830701806313     Document Type: Article

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