Mature maternity: Long term associations in first children born to older mothers in 1970 in the UK

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 429-435

  Pollock, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FAMILY SIZE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSTRUMENTAL DELIVERY; LABOR; LINGUISTICS; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHER; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029811383     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.50.4.429     Document Type: Article

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