Pre-natal and post-natal growth trajectories and childhood cognitive ability and mental health

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1215-1226

  Yang, Seungmi ^a   Tilling, Kate ^b   Martin, Richard ^b   Davies, Neil ^b   Ben shlomo, Yoav ^b   Kramer, Michael S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child behaviour; Child mental health; Cognitive ability; Growth trajectory; Post natal growth; Pre natal growth; Term birth

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRTH DATE; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH RISK; MENTAL HEALTH; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTELLIGENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; REPUBLIC OF BELARUS; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80755187807     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyr094     Document Type: Article

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