Prenatal maternal blood pressure response to stress predicts birth weight and gestational age: A preliminary study

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 175, Issue 3 PART I, 1996, Pages 706-712

  McCubbin, James A ^a   Lawson, Erma J ^a   Cox, Susan ^a   Sherman, Jeffrey J ^a   Norton, Jane A ^a   Read, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Blood pressure; Gestational age; Pregnancy; Psychologic stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATHEMATICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0029833172     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ob.1996.v175.a74286     Document Type: Article

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