Maternal symptoms of anxiety during pregnancy affect infant neuromotor development: The generation R study

Developmental Neuropsychology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 476-493

  Van Batenburg Eddes, Tamara ^a   De Groot, Laila ^b   Huizink, Anja C ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^c   Hofman, Albert ^c   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FETUS OUTCOME; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ANXIETY; MATERNAL DEPRESSION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NURSE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PROGENY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS;

EID: 71149098888     PISSN: 87565641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/87565640902964508     Document Type: Article

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