Early Human Development
Volume 86, Issue 4 , Pages 209-211 , April 2010

Does maternal anxiety affect neonatal behaviour differently in boys and girls?

  • Carmen Hernández-Martínez

      Affiliations

    • Research Center for the Behavioural Assessment (CRAMC), Department of Psychology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Ctra. Valls S/N, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
    • ,
  • Victoria Arija

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain
    • ,
  • Joaquín Escribano

      Affiliations

    • Unit of Paediatrics, Sant Joan University Hospital, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, C/Sant Joan S/N, 43201 Reus, Spain
    • ,
  • Josefa Canals

      Affiliations

    • Research Center for the Behavioural Assessment (CRAMC), Department of Psychology, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Ctra. Valls S/N, 43007 Tarragona, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 6 October 2009 ,Revised 15 December 2009 ,Accepted 2 March 2010.

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PII: S0378-3782(10)00060-5

doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2010.03.001

Early Human Development
Volume 86, Issue 4 , Pages 209-211 , April 2010

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