Association between maternal anxiety in pregnancy and increased uterine artery resistance index: Cohort based study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 318, Issue 7177, 1999, Pages 153-157

  Teixeira, Jerónima M A ^a   Fisk, Nicholas M ^a   Glover, Vivette ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTERY RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UTERINE ARTERY;

EID: 0033573692     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.318.7177.153     Document Type: Article

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