Lifetime exposure to traumatic and other stressful life events and hair cortisol in a multi-racial/ethnic sample of pregnant women

Stress

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 45-52

  Schreier, Hannah M C ^a,b   Bosquet Enlow, Michelle ^c,d   Ritz, Thomas ^e   Coull, Brent A ^f   Gennings, Chris ^a   Wright, Robert O ^a   Wright, Rosalind J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

ethnicity; Hair cortisol; post traumatic stress disorder; pregnancy; race; trauma

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL STRESS; MULTIRACIAL PERSON; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; HAIR; HISPANIC; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HAIR; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84955672405     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2015.1117447     Document Type: Article

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