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2019 Oct


Am J Obstet Gynecol


221


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Physiological and Psychological Stress Responses to Labor and Delivery as Expressed by Salivary Cortisol – A Prospective Study.

Authors

Miller N, Asali A A, Agassi-Zaitler M, Neumark E, Eisenberg M M, Hadi E, Elbaz M, Pasternak Y, Fishman A, Biron-Shental T
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2019 Oct; 221(4):351.e1-351.e7.
PMID: 31254523.

Abstract

Labor is considered a stressful event, yet no study has described the course of stress measured by cortisol during labor and postpartum .