Psychosocial stress during pregnancy is related to adverse birth outcomes: Results from a large multi-ethnic community-based birth cohort

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 485-491

  Loomans, Eva M ^a,b   Van Dijk, Aimée E ^b,c   Vrijkotte, Tanja G M ^c   Van Eijsden, Manon ^b   Stronks, Karien ^c   Gemke, Reinoud J B J ^d   Van Den Bergh, Bea R H ^a,e,f  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e Flemish Government   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MENTAL STRESS; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; NETHERLANDS; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84878286983     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks097     Document Type: Article

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