Women's experiences in relation to stillbirth and risk factors for long-term post-traumatic stress symptoms: A retrospective study

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Gravensteen, Ida Kathrine ^a,b   Helgadóttir, Linda Björk ^a   Jacobsen, Eva Marie ^a,b   Rådestad, Ingela ^c   Sandset, Per Morten ^a,b   Ekeberg, Øivind ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c SOPHIAHEMMET UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INDUCED ABORTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STILLBIRTH;

EID: 84887867106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003323     Document Type: Article

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