Prenatal exposure to a natural disaster increases risk for obesity in 5-year-old children

Pediatric Research

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 126-131

  Dancause, Kelsey Needham ^a,b   Laplante, David P ^a   Fraser, Sarah ^c   Brunet, Alain ^a,b   Ciampi, Antonio ^b   Schmitz, Norbert ^a,b   King, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MATERNAL STRESS; NATURAL DISASTER; OBESITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISASTERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 83655182987     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2011.18     Document Type: Article

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