Prenatal Maternal Stress Predicts Childhood Asthma in Girls: Project Ice Storm

Little is known about how prenatal maternal stress (PNMS) influences risks of asthma in humans. In this small study, we sought to determine whether disaster-related PNMS would predict asthma risk in children. In June 1998, we assessed severity of objective hardship and subjective distress in women p...

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Main Authors: Anne-Marie Turcotte-Tremblay, Robert Lim, David P. Laplante, Lester Kobzik, Alain Brunet, Suzanne King
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/201717