Prenatal maternal stress and early caregiving experiences: Implications for childhood asthma risk

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2007, Pages 8-14

  Wright, Rosalind J ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal programming; HPA axis; Maternal prenatal stress; Social stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ASTHMA; ATOPY; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNITY; LIFE STRESS; MATERNAL STRESS; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL STRESS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIZATION; SOCIAL STRESS;

ANXIETY; ASTHMA; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS;

EID: 35248846929     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00879.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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