Growth in utero and cognitive function in adult life: Follow up study of people born between 1920 and 1943

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7043, 1996, Pages 1393-1396

  Martyn, Christopher N ^a   Gale, Catharine R ^a   Sayer, Avan Aihie ^a   Fall, Caroline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029919985     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7043.1393     Document Type: Article

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