Stress, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and African-American females

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1103-1109

  Livingston, Ivor Lensworth ^a   Otado, Jane A ^b   Warren, Carmen ^c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MENTAL STRESS; NEGRO; PERSONALITY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRESS; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242693121     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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