Stressors Across the Life-Course and Preterm Delivery: Evidence From a Pregnancy Cohort

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 648-658

  Margerison Zilko, Claire E ^a   Strutz, Kelly L ^a,b   Li, Yu ^a   Holzman, Claudia ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Life course; Preterm delivery; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; MICHIGAN; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MICHIGAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREMATURE BIRTH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84979306657     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-016-2151-5     Document Type: Article

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