Racial/ethnic differences in self-reported and biologic measures of chronic stress in pregnancy

Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 580-584

  Borders, A E B ^a,b,c   Wolfe, K ^c   Qadir, S ^a   Kim, K Y ^c   Holl, J ^c   Grobman, W ^c  

^a NORTHSHORE UNIVERSITY HEALTHSYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; VIRUS ANTIBODY; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC STRESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; NEIGHBORHOOD; NON HISPANIC BLACK; NON HISPANIC WHITE; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RACISM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; DIAGNOSIS; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; BIOMARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84938293615     PISSN: 07438346     EISSN: 14765543     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jp.2015.18     Document Type: Article

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