The effect of stress and anxiety associated with maternal prenatal diagnosis on feto-maternal attachment

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Allison, Sara J ^a   Stafford, Julie ^a   Anumba, Dilly O C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NORMAL HUMAN; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FATHER; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79960168100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-11-33     Document Type: Article

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