Patterns of fetal and childhood growth and the development of psychosis in young males: A cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 291-300

  Gunnell, David ^a   Rasmussen, Finn ^b   Fouskakis, Dimitris ^a   Tynelius, Per ^b   Harrison, Glynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body height; Cohort studies; Growth; Psychotic disorders; Risk factors; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; GROWTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SWEDEN;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0041783664     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg118     Document Type: Article

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