Psychological responses of pregnant women to an infectious outbreak: A case-control study of the 2003 SARS outbreak in Hong Kong

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 707-713

  Lee, Dominic T S ^a,b   Sahota, Daljit ^a   Leung, Tse N ^a   Yip, Alexander S K ^a   Lee, Fiona F Y ^a   Chung, Tony K H ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Infectious outbreak; Natural disaster; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PREGNANCY; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEVERE ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYNDROME; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33750428955     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2006.08.005     Document Type: Article

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