Stressful life events experienced by women in the year before their infants’ births — united states, 2000–2010

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 247-251

  Burns, Elizabeth R ^a   Farr, Sherry L ^b   Howards, Penelope P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84929048330     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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