Fetal size in mid- and late pregnancy is related to infant alertness: The generation R study

Developmental Psychobiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-130

  Henrichs, Jens ^a,c   Schenk, Jacqueline J ^a   Schmidt, Henk G ^a   Arends, Lidia R ^a   Steegers, Eric A P ^b   Hofman, Albert ^c   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^c   Verhulst, Frank C ^b   Tiemeier, Henning ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fetal size; Infant alertness; Infant behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS (ANATOMY); HUMAN; INFANT; IRRITABILITY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRENATAL GROWTH; SCORING SYSTEM; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT BEHAVIOR; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD;

EID: 66149150247     PISSN: 00121630     EISSN: 10982302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dev.20351     Document Type: Article

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