Salivary cortisol in pregnant women suffering from blood and injection phobia

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 405-411

  Lilliecreutz, Caroline ^a,b   Theodorsson, Elvar ^b   Sydsjö, Gunilla ^a   Josefsson, Ann ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Blood and injection phobia; Cortisol; Pregnancy; Stress

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BLOOD PHOBIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INJECTION PHOBIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHOBIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLES; PHOBIC DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053903081     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-011-0234-2     Document Type: Article

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