Depression among Nigerian women following pregnancy loss

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 60-62

  Obi, Samuel N ^a   Onah, Hyacinth E ^a   Okafor, Innocent I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

^b ENUGU STATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Coping strategies; Depression; Nigeria; Pregnancy loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDLESSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 62649090616     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijgo.2008.11.036     Document Type: Article

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