Stress and pregnancy among African-American women

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-135

  Stancil, Tonya Renae ^a   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a,c   Schramm, Margaret ^b   Watt Morse, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; INCOME; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PENNSYLVANIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034032718     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3016.2000.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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