Rates and predictors of postpartum depression by race and ethnicity: Results from the 2004 to 2007 New York city PRAMS survey (pregnancy risk assessment monitoring system)

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1599-1610

  Liu, Cindy H ^a   Tronick, Ed ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian Americans; Gestational diabetes; Health status disparities; Postpartum depression; Prenatal depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NEW YORK CITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889091880     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1171-z     Document Type: Article

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