Home visiting and the biology of toxic stress: Opportunities to address early childhood adversity

Pediatrics

Volumn 132, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Garner, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood adversity; Home visiting; Life course; Parental support; Toxic stress

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIORAL STRESS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONIC STRESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EPIGENETICS; GENOME; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALADJUSTMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OVERNUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL PROMISCUITY; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY; HOME VISITING; LIFE COURSE; PARENTAL SUPPORT; TOXIC STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84887097577     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-1021D     Document Type: Article

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