Childhood abuse is associated with increased hair cortisol levels among urban pregnant women

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1169-1174

  Schreier, Hannah M C ^a   Enlow, Michelle Bosquet ^b,c   Ritz, Thomas ^d   Gennings, Chris ^a   Wright, Rosalind J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNICITY; HEALTH IMPACT; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; URBAN POPULATION;

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHEMISTRY; CHILD ABUSE SURVIVOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HAIR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; AFRICAN AMERICANS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAIR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84949624728     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-205541     Document Type: Article

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