Stressful life events in pregnancy and head circumference at birth

Preterm Birth and Stressful Life Events

SUPINE LENGTH, WEIGHT AND HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE OF NEONATES AT BIRTH IN URBAN AREAS OF ARAK AND FACTORS AFFECTING THEM

EFFECT OF PASSIVE SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY ON WEIGHT, LENG TH AND CRANIAL CIRCUMFERENCE AT BIRTH IN KERMAN, IRAN

Passive smoking (PS), a well-known health risk, is the major source of indoor pollution. There is some inconsistent evidence that PS during pregnancy may increase the risk of low birth weight. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of PS exposure during pregnancy on weight, length and cranial circumference at birth of babies born to women who have described themselves ...

Presumptive Stressful Life Events Scale (psles) — a New Stressful Life Events Scale for Use in India

Using an open ended question along with Holme's and Rahe's Social Readjustment Rating Schedule on a sample of two hundred adult subjects, a suitable scale of stressful life events experienced by the Indian population was constructed and standardized for two time spaces, that is, last one year and life time. Analysis of various demographic variables for this population revealed no differences on...

Head circumference alone at birth, is it practical?

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/ licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Editorial Korean J Pediatr 2014;57(2):72-74 http://dx.doi.org/10.3345/kjp.2014.57.2.72 pISSN...