Maternal Stress and Infant Mortality: The Importance of the Preconception Period

Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1309-1316

  Class, Quetzal A ^a   Khashan, Ali S ^b   Lichtenstein, Paul ^c   Långström, Niklas ^c   D'Onofrio, Brian M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

bereavement; health; infant development; infant mortality; maternal stress; preconception; prenatal; stress reactions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880055874     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797612468010     Document Type: Article

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