Negative effects of paternal age on children's neurocognitive outcomes can be explained by maternal education and number of siblings

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-9

  Edwards, Ryan D ^a,b   Roff, Jennifer ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MOTHER; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATERNAL AGE; SIBLING; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MOTHERS; PATERNAL AGE; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958594090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012157     Document Type: Article

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