Maternal psychological distress, prenatal cortisol, and fetal weight

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 747-753

  Diego, Miguel A ^a   Jones, Nancy A ^b   Field, Tiffany ^a,c   Hernandez Reif, Maria ^a   Schanberg, Saul ^d   Kuhn, Cynthia ^d   Gonzalez Garcia, Adolfo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FIELDING GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cortisol; Depression; Fetal weight; Norepinephrine; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRESS; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33749039944     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000238212.21598.7b     Document Type: Article

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