Association of birthweight and head circumference at birth to cognitive performance in 9-to 10-year-old children in South India: Prospective birth cohort study

Pediatric Research

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 424-429

  Veena, Sargoor R ^a   Krishnaveni, Ghattu V ^a   Wills, Andrew K ^b   Kurpad, Anura V ^c   Muthayya, Sumithra ^c   Hill, Jacqueline C ^b   Karat, Samuel C ^a   Nagarajaiah, Kiran K ^a   Fall, Caroline H D ^b   Srinivasan, Krishnamachari ^c  

^a Holdsworth Memorial Hospital   (India)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECALL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; HEAD; HUMANS; INDIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77949545821     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e3181d00b45     Document Type: Article

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