Mothers of pre-term infants in neonate intensive care

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 821-838

  MacDonald, Margaret ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mothers; NICU; Pre term infants; Qualitative analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952746341     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430701352717     Document Type: Article

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