Early-life conditions and age at first pregnancy in British women

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1712, 2011, Pages 1721-1727

  Nettle, Daniel ^a   Coall, David A ^b   Dickins, Thomas E ^c,d  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental plasticity; Developmental programming; Life history; Maternal effects; National Child Development Study; Parental effects

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BREASTFEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MATERNAL EFFECT; PATERNAL EFFECT; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 79955382935     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1726     Document Type: Article

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