Determinants of maternal hair cortisol concentrations at delivery reflecting the last trimester of pregnancy

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 289-296

  Braig, Stefanie ^a   Grabher, Felix ^a   Ntomchukwu, Clarissa ^a   Reister, Frank ^b   Stalder, Tobias ^c   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^c   Genuneit, Jon ^a   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ULM   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Hair cortisol; Hypothalamus pituitary adrenal axis; Perinatal factors; Socioeconomic status; Stress

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CESAREAN SECTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HAIR LEVEL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL STRESS; OBESITY; PREMATURE LABOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SUMMER; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; WINTER; CHEMISTRY; GERMANY; HAIR; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922668415     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: 18733360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2014.12.006     Document Type: Article

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