'From stun to gradual balance'- women's experiences of living with gestational diabetes mellitus

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 454-462

  Persson, Margareta ^a   Winkvist, Anna ^b   Mogren, Ingrid ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Experiences; Gestational diabetes mellitus; Grounded theory; Pregnancy; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955756603     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2009.00735.x     Document Type: Article

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