Psychological factors in pregnancy and mixed-handedness in the offspring

Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 557-561

  Obel, Carsten ^a   Hedegaard, Morten ^b   Henriksen, Tine Brink ^a   Secher, Niels Jørgen ^c   Olsen, Jøorn ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HANDEDNESS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0037622842     PISSN: 00121622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0012162203001014     Document Type: Article

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