Prenatal psychobiological predictors of anxiety risk in preadolescent children

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1224-1233

  Davis, Elysia Poggi ^a   Sandman, Curt A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Cortisol; Development; Fetal programming; Pregnancy; Prenatal; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOBIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RISK FACTOR; SALIVA LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84862314065     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2011.12.016     Document Type: Article

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