The association between early life adversity and bacterial vaginosis during pregnancy

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 431.e1-431.e8

  Cammack, Alison L ^a,c   Buss, Claudia ^a   Entringer, Sonja ^a   Hogue, Carol J ^c   Hobel, Calvin J ^b   Wadhwa, Pathik D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial vaginosis; child abuse; life course; pregnancy; psychosocial stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; VAGINITIS;

EID: 79955622280     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2011.01.054     Document Type: Article

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