Does maternal body mass index during pregnancy influence risk of schizophrenia in the adult offspring?

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 518-527

  Khandaker, G M ^a,b   Dibben, C R M ^c   Jones, P B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CAMBRIDGESHIRE AND PETERBOROUGH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Pregnancy; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MATERNAL OBESITY; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PROGENY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84860888269     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00971.x     Document Type: Article

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