Open AccessMaternal Stressful Life Events Prior to Conception and the Impact on Infant Birth Weight in the United States
Author(s) -
Whitney P. Witt,
Erika R. Cheng,
Lauren E. Wisk,
Kristin Litzelman,
Debanjana Chatterjee,
Kara Mandell,
Fathima Wakeel
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2013.301544
Subject(s) - medicine , birth weight , low birth weight , pregnancy , psychological intervention , demography , longitudinal study , cohort study , cohort , pediatrics , obstetrics , psychiatry , genetics , sociology , biology , pathology
We sought to determine if and to what extent a woman's exposure to stressful life events prior to conception (PSLEs) were associated with subsequent infant birth weight by using a nationally representative sample of US women.