Birth weight and cognitive function in young adult life: Historical cohort study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7105, 1997, Pages 401-403

  Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a   Sabroe, Svend ^b   Olsen, Jørn ^b   Rothman, Kenneth J ^c   Gillman, Matthew W ^d   Fischer, Peer ^e  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e County of North Jutland ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; COGNITION; DENMARK; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MILITARY SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0030786427     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7105.401     Document Type: Article

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