The influence of birth size on intelligence in healthy children

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Broekman, Birit F P ^a,k   Chan, Yiong Huak ^b   Chong, Yap Seng ^a   Quek, Swee Chye ^a   Fung, Daniel ^c,d   Low, Yen Ling ^e   Ooi, Yoon Phaik ^c   Gluckman, Peter D ^e,f   Meaney, Michael J ^g   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,h,i   Saw, Seang Mei ^j  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^e AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^j NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^k NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

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Author keywords

Birth weight; Fetal growth; Gestational age; Intelligence; Neurodevelopmental

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 66249085935     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3344     Document Type: Article

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