Contrasting effects of maternal and paternal age on offspring intelligence the clock ticks for men too

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 0237-0238

  Cannon, Mary ^a  

^a NONE

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITION; DOWN SYNDROME; FERTILITY; GENE MUTATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MATERNAL AGE; PATERNAL AGE; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; ADULT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NOTE; PREGNANCY; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PATERNAL AGE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63449138152     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000042     Document Type: Short Survey

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