Hurricane Katrina-related maternal stress, maternal mental health, and Early Infant Temperament

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 511-518

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

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d WOMAN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Infant temperament; Natural disaster; Post traumatic stress disorder; Postpartum depression

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISASTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; NEWBORN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERAMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW ORLEANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956265699     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-009-0486-x     Document Type: Article

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