Variations in prenatal sociodemographic factors associated with intellectual disability: A study of the 20-year interval between two birth cohorts in Northern Finland

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-177

  Heikura, Ulla ^a   Taanila, Anja ^a   Hartikainen, Anna Liisa ^b   Olsen, Päivi ^b   Linna, Sirkka Liisa ^b   Wendt, Lennart Von ^c   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Demography; Family characteristics; Mental retardation; Pregnancy; Prenatal exposure delayed effects; Social class

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; DISABILITY; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MORBIDITY; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL INJURIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 38349154612     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm291     Document Type: Article

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