Is pregnancy anxiety a distinctive syndrome?

Early Human Development

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-91

  Huizink, Anja C ^a,b   Mulder, Eduard J H ^c   Robles De Medina, Pascale G ^c   Visser, Gerard H A ^c   Buitelaar, Jan K ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pregnancy anxiety; Prenatal risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEAR; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 8444236276     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2004.04.014     Document Type: Article

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