The relation of maternal job strain and cortisol levels during early pregnancy with body composition later in the 5-year-old child: The ABCD study

Early Human Development

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 351-356

  Van Dijk, Aimée E ^a,b   Van Eijsden, Manon ^b   Stronks, Karien ^a   Gemke, Reinoud J B J ^c   Vrijkotte, Tanja G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child; Child, preschool; Fetal development; Obesity; Obesity, abdominal; Pregnancy; Stress, psychological; Workload

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATERNAL STRESS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; ANXIETY; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84860508538     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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