Prenatal undernutrition and cognitive function in late adulthood

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 39, 2010, Pages 16881-16886

  De Rooij, Susanne R ^a   Wouters, Hans ^a   Yonker, Julie E ^b   Painter, Rebecca C ^a   Roseboom, Tessa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Developmental origins; Fetal; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL MALNUTRITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MENTAL TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MALNUTRITION; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; STARVATION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; STARVATION;

EID: 78049297910     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1009459107     Document Type: Article

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