Measuring lifetime stress exposure and protective factors in life course research on racial inequality and birth outcomes

Stress

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 379-385

  Malat, Jennifer ^a   Jacquez, Farrah ^a   Slavich, George M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

birth outcomes; health; measurement; racial disparities; resilience; social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LIFESPAN; MEASUREMENT; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POLICY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; RACISM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; DIAGNOSIS; MENTAL STRESS; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RACISM; RESEARCH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85021684937     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10253890.2017.1341871     Document Type: Note

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