Birth weight and cognitive ability in childhood among siblings and nonsiblings

Pediatrics

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Yang, Seungmi ^a   Lynch, John ^a   Susser, Ezra S ^b,c   Lawlor, Debbie A ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Cognitive function; Family environment; Siblings

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FAMILY HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 49849088489     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-3851     Document Type: Article

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