Women's perceptions of fetal movements in full-term pregnancy

Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 113-116

  Rådestad, Ingela ^a   Lindgren, Helena ^b  

^a SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fetal movements; Obstetric; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL MOVEMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOTHERS; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866281153     PISSN: 18775756     EISSN: 18775764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.srhc.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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