Postnatal depression and its associated factors in women from different cultures

Iranian Journal of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 5-11

  Abdollahi, Fatemeh ^a   Lye, Munn Sann ^b   Zain, Azhar Md ^b   Ghazali, Sazlina Shariff ^b   Zarghami, Mehran ^c  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Universiti Putra Malaysia   (Malaysia)

^c MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cultures; Postpartum depression; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMPOWERMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW;

EID: 84855798439     PISSN: 17358639     EISSN: 17359287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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