Cortisol and Anxiety Response to a Relaxing Intervention on Pregnant Women Awaiting Amniocentesis
Background: Stress and anxiety during pregnancy have been associated with premature and low birth weight babies, presumably through fetus over exposion to glucocorticoids. Antenatal stress also seems to have long-term effects upon infant development and adult health. However, medication for stress m...
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| Format: | article |
| Language: | eng |
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/1630 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:repositorio.chlc.min-saude.pt:10400.17/1630 |