Postpartum mental health after Hurricane Katrina: A cohort study

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Harville, Emily W ^a   Xiong, Xu ^a   Pridjian, Gabriella ^b   Elkind Hirsch, Karen ^c   Buekens, Pierre ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WOMAN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; CYCLONE; DISASTER; HEALTH SURVEY; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CYCLONES; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 67650076096     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-9-21     Document Type: Article

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