Maternal prepregnancy body mass index and psychomotor development in children

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 235-240

  Neggers, Yasmin H ^a,d   Goldenberg, Robert L ^b   Ramey, Sharon L ^b,c   Cliver, Suzane P ^b  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; BMI; IQ; Prepregnancy weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COVARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEGRO; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WEIGHT GAIN; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; MOTOR SKILLS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0037363826     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0412.2003.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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