Critical periods of brain growth and cognitive function in children

Brain

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 321-329

  Gale, Catharine R ^a   O'Callaghan, Finbar J ^a   Godfrey, Keith M ^a   Law, Catherine M ^a   Martyn, Christopher N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Cognitive function; Foetal growth; Head circumference; Postnatal growth

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN GROWTH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0742323508     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awh034     Document Type: Article

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