International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , January 2005

Emotional adjustment and concerns of Korean mothers of premature infants

  • Inhae Lee

      Affiliations

    • Yeungnam College of Science and Technology, 1737 Taemyeung 7dong, Nam-gu, Taegu 705-037, South Korea
  • ,
  • Kathleen F. Norr

      Affiliations

    • University of Illinois at Chicago (m/c 802), 845 South Damen Ave., Chicago, IL 60612, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +1-312-996-8871
  • ,
  • Kasil Oh

      Affiliations

    • Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea

Received 10 March 2003 ,Revised 20 April 2004 ,Accepted 6 May 2004.

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PII: S0020-7489(04)00082-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.05.004

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 42, Issue 1 , Pages 21-29 , January 2005