Prenatal stress exposure related to maternal bereavement and risk of childhood overweight

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Li, Jiong ^a   Olsen, Jørn ^a,b   Vestergaard, Mogens ^a   Obel, Carsten ^a   Baker, Jennifer L ^c   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRENATAL STRESS; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; BEREAVEMENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 77955629256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011896     Document Type: Article

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