Maternal quality of life during the transition to motherhood

Iranian Red Crescent Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Mortazavi, Forough ^a   Mousavi, Seyed Abbas ^b   Chaman, Reza ^c   Khosravi, Ahmad ^d  

^a SABZEVAR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c YASUJ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Postpartum period; Pregnancy; Quality of life; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREASTFEEDING EXPERIENCE SCALE; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; MULTIPARA; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL PERIOD; PUERPERIUM; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 84901596153     PISSN: 20741804     EISSN: 20741812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/ircmj.8443     Document Type: Article

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