Psychosocial stress and pregnancy outcome

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-348

  Hobel, Calvin J ^a   Goldstein, Amy ^a   Barrett, Emily S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Life course; Life events; Stress biology; Timing

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIFE EVENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; REVIEW; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 43249121945     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/GRF.0b013e31816f2709     Document Type: Review

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