Loss of a close family member the year before or during pregnancy and the risk of placental abruption: A cohort study from Denmark and Sweden

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1855-1866

  Laszlo K D ^a   Ananth, C V ^b,c   Wikstrom A K ^a,d   Svensson, T ^a   Li, J ^e   Olsen, J ^e,f   Vestergaard, M ^e   Obel, C ^e   Cnattingius, S ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology College of Physicians and Surgeons Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort study; Key words Bereavement; placental abruption; stress

Indexed keywords

ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL STRESS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; TIME;

ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PARENTAL DEATH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; REGISTRIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901431032     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713002353     Document Type: Article

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