Implications of advancing paternal age: Does it affect offspring school performance?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Svensson, Anna C ^a   Abel, Kathryn ^b   Dalman, Christina ^a   Magnusson, Cecilia ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATERNAL AGE; PROGENY; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; SCHOOL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL AGE; SCHOOLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053002749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0024771     Document Type: Article

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