Maternal depressive symptoms not associated with reduced height in young children in a US prospective cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Ertel, Karen A ^a   Koenen, Karestan C ^a,b   Rich Edwards, Janet W ^a,c   Gillman, Matthew W ^a,d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCOME; LEG LENGTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL DEPRESSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; INFANT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78149435108     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013656     Document Type: Article

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