Ecological momentary assessment of maternal cortisol profiles over a multiple-day period predicts the length of human gestation

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 469-474

  Entringer, Sonja ^a   Buss, Claudia ^a   Andersen, Judith ^b   Chicz Demet, Aleksandra ^a   Wadhwa, Pathik D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

cortisol; ecological momentary assessment; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; length of gestation; negative affect; pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL;

EID: 79960363200     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e31821fbf9a     Document Type: Article

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