Life stressors and 5-HTTLPR interaction in relation to midpregnancy depressive symptoms among African-American women

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 271-280

  Scheid, Jeanette M ^a   Holzman, Claudia B ^a   Jones, Nicole ^a   Friderici, Karen H ^a   Jernigan, Katherine A ^a   Symonds, Laura L ^a   Sikorskii, Alla ^a   Fisher, Rachel ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER LONG VARIANT PROMOTER REGION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STRESSFUL LIFE EVENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80155200818     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: 14735873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e32834603e8     Document Type: Article

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