Is birth weight associated with risk of depressive symptoms in young women? Evidence from the Southampton Women's Survey

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 164-168

  Inskip, Hazel M ^a   Dunn, Nick ^b   Godfrey, Keith M ^a,b   Cooper, Cyrus ^a   Kendrick, Tony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Depression; Gestational age; Women

Indexed keywords

ETIOLOGY; NEUROLOGY; PREGNANCY; SURVEY; SYMPTOM; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHAMPTON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38349110237     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm276     Document Type: Article

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