American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 203, Issue 1 , Pages 34.e1-34.e8 , July 2010

Prenatal life events stress: implications for preterm birth and infant birthweight

  • Peng Zhu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Maternal Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, People's Republic of China
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  • Fangbiao Tao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Maternal Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, People's Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Fangbiao Tao, MD, Department of Child and Maternal Health, Anhui Medical University, 81th Meishan Rd., Hefei, PRC
    • ,
  • Jiahu Hao, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Maternal Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Ying Sun, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Maternal Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, People's Republic of China
    • ,
  • Xiaomin Jiang, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Child and Maternal Health, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, People's Republic of China
    • Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Hefei, People's Republic of China

Received 22 June 2009 ,Revised 17 October 2009 ,Accepted 10 February 2010.

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 This study was supported in part by a grant from Key Projects in the National Key Technology Research and Development Program (#2006BAI05A03), The Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education, Ministry of Education of China (#20060366002), and the Natural Sciences Foundation of Anhui Educational Committee (#KJ2008B294).

 Cite this article as: Zhu P, Tao F, Hao J, et al. Prenatal life events stress: implications for preterm birth and infant birthweight. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2010;203:34.e1-8.

PII: S0002-9378(10)00236-X

doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2010.02.023

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 203, Issue 1 , Pages 34.e1-34.e8 , July 2010

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