Parental age and characteristics of the offspring

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 115-123

  Liu, Yongsheng ^a   Zhi, Mingxing ^a   Li, Xiuju ^a  

^a HENAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Characteristics of offspring; Health outcome; Intelligence; Longevity; Parental age; Sex ratio

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ACHONDROPLASIA; ACROCEPHALOSYNDACTYLY; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIRTH; BIRTH DEFECT; BRAIN CANCER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA INTEGRATION; DOWN SYNDROME; ECTOPIC PREGNANCY; EPILEPSY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INTELLIGENCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MARFAN SYNDROME; MATERNAL AGE; NONHUMAN; OSSIFYING MYOSITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTHOOD; PATERNAL AGE; PERSONALITY; PROGENY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX RATIO; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; TELOMERE;

AGING; FAMILY; HEALTH; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGEVITY; PARENTS; SEX RATIO;

EID: 78650236256     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2010.09.004     Document Type: Review

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