Prenatal attachment and fetal health locus of control among low risk and high risk pregnant women

World Applied Sciences Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 462-471

  Eswi, Abeer ^a   Khalil, Amal ^b  

^a Cairo University   (Egypt)

^b MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

High risk and low risk pregnancy; Locus of control; Prenatal attachment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865204337     PISSN: 18184952     EISSN: 19916426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5829/idosi.wasj.2012.18.04.6491     Document Type: Article

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