Open AccessPreconception Stress, Birth Weight, and Birth Weight Disparities Among US Women
Author(s) -
Kelly L. Strutz,
Vijaya K. Hogan,
Anna María Siega-Riz,
Chirayath Suchindran,
Carolyn Tucker Halpern,
Jon M. Hussey
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.2014.301904
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , birth weight , stressor , confidence interval , offspring , low birth weight , ethnic group , cohort study , pregnancy , obstetrics , psychiatry , genetics , sociology , anthropology , biology
We examined the impact of preconception acute and chronic stressors on offspring birth weight and racial/ethnic birth weight disparities.