Stress and anxiety in relation to amniocentesis: Do women who perceive their partners to be more involved in pregnancy feel less stressed and anxious?

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 137-143

  Brajenovic Milic, Bojana ^a   Martinac Dorcic, Tamara ^b   Kuljanic, Karin ^c   Petrovic, Oleg ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RIJEKA   (Croatia)

^c KBC RIJEKA   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SPOUSE; STRESS; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; VOMITING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AMNIOCENTESIS; ANXIETY; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77953749175     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2010.51.137     Document Type: Article

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