Childbirth complications affect young infants' behavior

European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 379-388

  De Weerth, Carolina ^a   Buitelaar, Jan K ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behavior; Childbirth; Cortisol; Infants; Stress reactivity

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDBIRTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DELIVERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FETUS HEART; HEART FUNCTION; HUMAN; INOCULATION; LABOR COMPLICATION; MALE; NEWBORN; PARENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; STRESS; TERM BIRTH;

ADULT; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; SALIVA;

EID: 34548131971     PISSN: 10188827     EISSN: 1435165X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00787-007-0610-7     Document Type: Article

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