Body size and intelligence in 6-year-olds: Are offspring of teenage mothers at risk?

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 847-856

  Cornelius, Marie D ^a,b   Goldschmidt, Lidush ^c   Willford, Jennifer A ^a   Leech, Sharon L ^c   Larkby, Cynthia ^a   Day, Nancy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; Cognitive development; Growth; IQ; Teenage mothers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; PARENTING EDUCATION; PREDICTION; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIBLING; SOCIAL STATUS; STANFORD-BINET INTELLIGENCE SCALE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; PARENTING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350038188     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-008-0399-0     Document Type: Article

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