The association between prenatal psychosocial stress and blood pressure in the child at age 5-7 years

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

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

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL STRESS; NETHERLANDS; PARENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL STRESS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84865172010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0043548     Document Type: Article

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