Neuroendocrine response to violence during pregnancy - Impact on duration of pregnancy and fetal growth

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 818-823

  Valladares, Eliette ^a,b,e   Peña, Rodolfo ^a   Ellsberg, Mary ^c   Persson, Lars Åke ^d   Högberg, Ulf ^b  

^a National Autonomous University of Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Program for Appropriate Technology in Health PATH   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Hospital Escuela Dr Oscar Danilo Rosales Arguello (HEODRA)   (Nicaragua)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Cortisol; Pregnancy; Small for gestational age; Violence

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL STRESS; NEWBORN; NICARAGUA; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA; SECRETION; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; NICARAGUA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 67650710942     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340903015321     Document Type: Article

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