Maternal neurotic symptoms and infants' risk of developing persistent diarrhoea

• Main Authors: Humphreys Derek (Author), Araya Magdalena (Author), Cruchet Sylvia (Author), Espinoza Julio (Author), Brunser Oscar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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A previously calculated predictive model for health risk selects infants who suffer 4-5 times more morbidity than their unselected peers. Preliminary results suggested that this risk is related to maternal neurotic symptomatology. To evaluate this hypothesis, 52 consecutive mothers whose infants had...