Concurrent levels of maternal salivary cortisol are unrelated to self-reported psychological measures in low-risk pregnant women

Archives of Women's Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 101-108

  Voegtline, Kristin M ^a   Costigan, Kathleen A ^b   Kivlighan, Katie T ^a   Laudenslager, Mark L ^c   Henderson, Janice L ^b   Dipietro, Janet A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Fetal programming; Maternal stress; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANT WOMEN; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84879553852     PISSN: 14341816     EISSN: 14351102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00737-012-0321-z     Document Type: Article

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