Effects of women's stress-elicited physiological activity and chronic anxiety on fetal heart rate

Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-38

  Monk, Catherine ^a   Myers, Michael M ^b   Sloan, Richard P ^a   Ellman, Lauren M ^b   Fifer, William P ^b  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Fetal heart rate; Pregnancy; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; FUNCTION TEST; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

EID: 0346666702     PISSN: 0196206X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004703-200302000-00008     Document Type: Article

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