Mother-preterm infant interactions at 3 months of corrected age: Influence of maternal depression, anxiety and neonatal birth weight

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Neri, Erica ^a   Agostini, Francesca ^a   Salvatori, Paola ^a   Biasini, Augusto ^b   Monti, Fiorella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Maternal anxiety; Maternal depression; Mother infant interaction; Preterm birth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977515341     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01234     Document Type: Article

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