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. 2015 Feb;135(2):e528-30.
doi: 10.1542/peds.2014-3747. Epub 2015 Jan 5.

Supporting fatherhood before and after it happens

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Supporting fatherhood before and after it happens

Craig F Garfield. Pediatrics. 2015 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: depression; father involvement; fathers; parent–infant/child interaction.

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Conceptualization fathers' involvement in health from preconception through to the postnatal period.

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