Prenatal stress and cerebral palsy: A nationwide cohort study in Denmark

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 615-618

  Li, Jiong ^a   Vestergaard, Mogens ^a   Obel, Carsten ^a   Precht, Dorthe Hansen ^b   Christensen, Jakob ^c   Lu, Michael ^d   Olsen, Jorn ^a,e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b Holbaek University Hospital   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Cerebral palsy; Fetal programming; Intrauterine growth retardation; Prenatal stress; Preterm.

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BIRTH; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SIBLING; SPOUSE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FETUS DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CEREBRAL PALSY; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FAMILY; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 68849088836     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e3181a56ca1     Document Type: Article

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