Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 25-30 , March 2007

Maternal Responsiveness in Mothers of Preterm Infants

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☆ Supported in part by a grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research, National Institutes of Health, 3R01 NR005182. This work was completed while the author was an Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University with support and direction from Dr. Rita Pickler and Dr. Shannon Humenick.

PII: S1527-3369(06)00152-8

doi: 10.1053/j.nainr.2006.12.001

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Volume 7, Issue 1 , Pages 25-30 , March 2007

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