Stress and Immunity in Pregnancy

The Oxford Handbook of Psychoneuroimmunology

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Coussons Read, Mary E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; HPA axis; Infant outcome; Inflammatory markers; Pregnancy; Prematurity; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923438092     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195394399.013.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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