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Original Articles

Parenting Stress in Parents of Infants With Congenital Heart Disease and Parents of Healthy Infants: The First Year of Life

, PhD, RN, MHA, , PhD, , PhD, RN, FAAN & , PhD, RN, FAAN
Pages 294-314 | Received 10 Jul 2017, Accepted 14 Aug 2017, Published online: 17 Oct 2017

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