Increased depressive symptoms in female but not male adolescents born at low birth weight in the offspring of a national cohort

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 422-430

  Van Lieshout, Ryan J ^a   Boylan, Khrista ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Cohort; Depression; Low birth weight; Prospective

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

EID: 77956894000     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371005500705     Document Type: Article

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