Maternal prenatal anxiety and corticotropin-releasing hormone associated with timing of delivery

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 762-769

  Mancuso, Roberta A ^a,e   Schetter, Christine Dunkel ^a   Rini, Christine M ^b   Roesch, Scott C ^c   Hobel, Calvin J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; Maternal prenatal anxiety; Preterm delivery

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 4944224777     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.psy.0000138284.70670.d5     Document Type: Article

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