Anxiety disorders in women: A developmental and lifecycle perspective

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 107-110

  Halbreich, Uriel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYTOCIN; PROLACTIN;

ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR; DEVELOPMENT; EDITORIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL WELFARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OXYTOCIN; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 0038689512     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.10108     Document Type: Editorial

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