Gestational age differences in health and development among young Swedish men born at term

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1240-1249

  Yang, Seungmi ^a,b   Bergvall, Niklas ^c   Cnattingius, Sven ^c   Kramer, Michael S ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Cognitive ability; Developmental origins; Gestational age; Height

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BODY MASS; COGNITION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; DEVELOPMENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY SIZE; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIBLING; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TERM BIRTH;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FAMILY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 78149234278     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq070     Document Type: Article

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