The Relationship Between Race, Inflammation and Psychosocial Factors Among Pregnant Women

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 401-409

  Catov, Janet M ^a,b,c   Flint, Melanie ^e   Lee, MinJae ^f   Roberts, James M ^a,b,c   Abatemarco, Diane J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NEMOURS CHILDREN S CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Inflammation; Pregnancy; Psychosocial factors; Race disparity

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PRE-ECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930412695     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-014-1522-z     Document Type: Article

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