Growth trajectories and intellectual abilities in young adulthood

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 170, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 447-455

  Räikkönen, Katri ^a   Forsén, Tom ^b   Henriksson, Markus ^c   Kajantie, Eero ^b   Heinonen, Kati ^a   Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a   Leskinen, Jukka T ^d   Laaksonen, Ilmo ^c   Osmond, Clive ^e   Barker, David J P ^e   Eriksson, Johan G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b National Institute of Health and Welfare   (Finland)

^c CENTRE FOR MILITARY MEDICINE   (Finland)

^d FINNISH DEFENCE FORCES   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Body mass index; Child; Cognition; Growth; Intelligence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; AGE CLASS; ARMED FORCES; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; GROWTH CURVE; HEIGHT; MENTAL HEALTH; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARITHMETIC; ARMY; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD GROWTH; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FINLAND; GROWTH RATE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRENATAL GROWTH; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FINLAND; GROWTH; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 68149156773     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwp132     Document Type: Article

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