Very preterm/very low birthweight infants' attachment: Infant and maternal characteristics

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Wolke, Dieter ^a,b   Eryigit Madzwamuse, Suna ^a   Gutbrod, Tina ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; NURSE; PATH ANALYSIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRANGE SITUATION ASSESSMENT; TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; NEURODEVELOPMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890429923     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2013-303788     Document Type: Article

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