The association between cord pH at birth and intellectual function in childhood

Early Human Development

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-41

  Svirko, Elena ^a   Mellanby, Jane ^a   Impey, Lawrence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acidosis; Cord pH; Non verbal intelligence; Reading

Indexed keywords

ACIDEMIA; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MENTAL DEVELOPMENT; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PH MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UMBILICAL CORD;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 37549011403     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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