Season of birth is associated with anthropometric and neurocognitive outcomes during infancy and childhood in a general population birth cohort

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-100

  McGrath, John J ^a,b   Saha, Sukanta ^b   Lieberman, Daniel E ^c   Buka, Stephen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Birth weight; Human development; Seasons; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PARTURITION; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 29144515772     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

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