Association of measures of fetal and childhood growth with non-clinical psychotic symptoms in 12-year-olds: The ALSPAC cohort

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 521-526

  Thomas, K ^a   Harrison, G ^a   Zammit, S ^a,b   Lewis, G ^a   Horwood, J ^a   Heron, J ^a   Hollis, C ^c   Wolke, D ^d   Thompson, A ^a   Gunnell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); ENGLAND; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67649201137     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.051730     Document Type: Article

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