The relationship between birthweight, weight gain in infancy, and educational attainment in childhood

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-64

  Corbett, Sally S ^b   Drewett, Robert F ^c   Durham, Matthew ^c   Tymms, Peter ^c   Wright, Charlotte M ^a,d  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTHUMBRIA HEALTHCARE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brithweight; Educational attainment; IQ; Maths ability; Postnatal growth; Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDUCATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANCY; INTELLIGENCE; LINGUISTICS; MATHEMATICS; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33846190619     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2007.00783.x     Document Type: Article

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