The psychological gestation of motherhood

Women's Reproductive Mental Health Across the Lifespan

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 75-90

  Barnes, Diana Lynn ^a  

^a Center for Postpartum Health   (United States)

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EID: 84930241961     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05116-1_4     Document Type: Chapter

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