Breastfeeding and postpartum depression: State of the art review

Jornal de Pediatria

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 332-338

  Figueiredo, Bárbara ^a   Dias, Cláudia C ^a   Brandão, Sónia ^b   Canário, Catarina ^a   Nunes Costa, Rui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Breastfeeding; Hormones; Postpartum depression; Pregnancy depression

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; HUMAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; PREGNANCY DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP; STRESS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPERAMENT;

AMAMENTAÇÃO; BREASTFEEDING; DEPRESSÃO NA GRAVIDEZ; DEPRESSÃO PÓS-PARTO; HORMONES; HORMÔNIOS; POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION; PREGNANCY DEPRESSION;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS;

EID: 84880717276     PISSN: 00217557     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jped.2012.12.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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