Maternal postpartum depressive symptoms linked to nearly triple infant mortality risk
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- Medical Xpress·7h agoMaternal postpartum depressive symptoms linked to nearly triple infant mortality risk
Infants born to mothers with depressive symptoms immediately after delivery had a substantially higher risk of dying before their first birthday, according to researchers involved in a Rutgers-led study of more than 414,000 births in New Jersey.
Read at Medical Xpress → - News-Medical·8h agoMaternal depressive symptoms linked to higher infant mortality risk
Infants born to mothers with depressive symptoms immediately after delivery had a substantially higher risk of dying before their first birthday, according to researchers involved in a Rutgers-led study of more than 414,000 births in New Jersey.
Read at News-Medical →