The association between prenatal maternal objective stress, perceived stress, preterm birth and low birthweight

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 973-977

  Wainstock, Tamar ^a   Anteby, Eyal ^b   Glasser, Saralee ^c   Shoham Vardi, Ilana ^a   Lerner Geva, Liat ^c  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BARZILAI MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c GERTNER INSTITUTE FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY AND HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Low bithweight; Pregnancy outcome; Prenatal maternal stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATERNAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WAR;

EID: 84878913575     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2013.766696     Document Type: Article

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