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The preterm prediction study: Maternal stress is associated with spontaneous preterm birth at less than thirty-five weeks' gestation

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Abuse during pregnancy: effects on maternal complications and birth weight in adult and teenage women.

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Associations between measures of socioeconomic status and low birth weight, small for gestational age, and premature delivery in the United States

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Prenatal maternal stress and prematurity: A prospective study of socioeconomically disadvantaged women.

Marci Lobel, Christine Dunkel‐Schetter, Susan C. Scrimshaw · Health Psychology · 1992 · 354 citations

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