Maternal prenatal depressive symptoms and spontaneous preterm births among African-American women in Baltimore, Maryland

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 797-802

  Orr, Suezanne T ^a   James, Sherman A ^b   Prince, Cheryl Blackmore ^c  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Depressive disorder; Gestational age; Pregnancy outcome

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEGRO; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL PERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; LOGISTIC MODELS; OBSTETRIC LABOR, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036841324     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf131     Document Type: Article

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