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A comparative study of prenatal anxiety in the unwed mother

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  1. University of Oklahoma Medical Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

    Royice B. Everett B.S. (Third-year medical student) &  Marshall D. Schechter M.D. (Professor of Child Psychiatry and Consultant Professor of Pediatrics)

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Everett, R.B., Schechter, M.D. A comparative study of prenatal anxiety in the unwed mother. Child Psych Hum Dev 2, 84–91 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01434641

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