Preconception stress, birth weight, and birth weight disparities among us women

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Strutz, Kelly L ^a   Hogan, Vijaya K ^b   Siega Riz, Anna Maria ^a,c   Suchindran, Chirayath M ^c   Halpern, Carolyn Tucker ^b,c   Hussey, Jon M ^b,c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MEXICAN AMERICAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEXICAN AMERICANS; PREGNANCY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904336958     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.301904     Document Type: Article

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