Maternal Lifetime Trauma Exposure, Prenatal Cortisol, and Infant Negative Affectivity

Infancy

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 492-513

  Bosquet Enlow, Michelle ^a,b   Devick, Katrina L ^c   Brunst, Kelly J ^d   Lipton, Lianna R ^d   Coull, Brent A ^c   Wright, Rosalind J ^d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD ABUSE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; FALLING REACTIVITY; FEAR; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HAIR LEVEL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATERNAL STRESS; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOOD DISORDER; NATURAL DISASTER; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SADNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ASSAULT; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VIOLENCE;

EID: 85010618421     PISSN: 15250008     EISSN: 15327078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/infa.12176     Document Type: Article

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