Pregnancy Loss and Distress Among U.S. Women

Family Relations

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 342-355

  Shreffler, Karina M ^a   Greil, Arthur L ^b   Mcquillan, Julia ^c  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALFRED UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Commitment; Distress; Fertility; Miscarriage; Pregnancy loss; Stillbirth

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959234657     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: 17413729     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-3729.2011.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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