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Maternal stress and depression are associated with respiratory phenotypes in urban children.
The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Jul 2021
Ramratnam Sima K, Lockhart Alexandre, Visness Cynthia M, Calatroni Agustin, Jackson Daniel J, Gergen Peter J, Bacharier Leonard B, O'Connor George T, Sandel Megan T, Kattan Meyer, Wood Robert A, Gern James E
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BACKGROUND: Prenatal and early-life exposure to maternal stress and depression is linked to development of recurrent wheezing in young children. OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine whether maternal stress and depression in early life are associated with nonatopic wheezing phenotype in urban children. METHODS: The Urban Environment and Childhood Asthma Study examined a birth cohort of children at high risk for...
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