Acculturation, maternal cortisol, and birth outcomes in women of Mexican descent

Psychosomatic Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 296-304

  D'Anna Hernandez, Kimberly L ^a   Hoffman, Maria Camille ^d   Zerbe, Gary O ^b   Coussons Read, Mary ^c   Ross, Randal G ^a   Laudenslager, Mark L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

birth weight; gestational age; hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; immigrant; mother; perinatal

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PERINATAL MORBIDITY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SALIVA;

EID: 84859700812     PISSN: 00333174     EISSN: 15347796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0b013e318244fbde     Document Type: Article

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