Birth characteristics and risk of low intellectual performance in early adulthood: Are the associations confounded by socioeconomic factors in adolescence or familial effects?

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 714-721

  Bergvall, Niklas ^a   Iliadou, Anastasia ^a   Tuvemo, Torsten ^b   Cnattingius, Sven ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Familial factors; Head circumference; Intellectual performance; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FAMILY SIZE; GROWTH; INTELLIGENCE; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33645024366     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-0735     Document Type: Article

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