Fetal programming of temperamental negative affectivity among children born healthy at term

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 633-643

  Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a   Räikkönen, Katri ^a   Kajantie, Eero ^b   Heinonen, Kati ^a   Strandberg, Timo E ^c   Järvenpää, Anna Liisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Body size at birth; Child; Fetal growth; Fetal programming; Human; Negative affectivity; Temperament

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID;

AFFECT; ANGER; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MALE; PRENATAL PERIOD; TEMPERAMENT; TERM BIRTH;

AFFECT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 33845565144     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20153     Document Type: Article

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