Maternal psychological distress, education, household income, and congenital heart defects: a prospective cohort study from the Japan environment and children's study

• Main Authors: Yasuaki Saijo (Author), Eiji Yoshioka (Author), Yukihiro Sato (Author), Hiroshi Azuma (Author), Yusuke Tanahashi (Author), Yoshiya Ito (Author), Sumitaka Kobayashi (Author), Machiko Minatoya (Author), Yu Ait Bamai (Author), Keiko Yamazaki (Author), Sachiko Itoh (Author), Chihiro Miyashita (Author), Atsuko Ikeda-Araki (Author), Reiko Kishi (Author), the Japan Environment and Children's Study (JECS) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2021-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The influence of maternal psychological distress on infant congenital heart defects (CHDs) has not been thoroughly investigated. Furthermore, there have been no reports on the combined effect of maternal psychological distress and socioeconomic status on infant CHDs. This study a...