Stress and Immune Function During Pregnancy: An Emerging Focus in Mind-Body Medicine

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 3-9

  Christian, Lisa M ^a,b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

immune; perinatal; pregnancy; psychoneuroimmunology; stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923863225     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: 14678721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963721414550704     Document Type: Article

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