Early determinants of mental health

Best Practice and Research: Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 599-611

  Räikkönen, Katri ^a   Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a   Roseboom, Tessa J ^b   Eriksson, Johan G ^b,c,d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

^f VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

behavior; cognition; emotion; lifespan; mental; postnatal; prenatal; programming

Indexed keywords

GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID;

BIRTH; BODY SIZE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CONCEPTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FETAL MALNUTRITION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNOFETAL MALNUTRITION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL GROWTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; REVIEW; TEMPERAMENT; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; COGNITION; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GLYCYRRHIZIC ACID; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STARVATION; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84866348471     PISSN: 1521690X     EISSN: 15321908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.beem.2012.03.001     Document Type: Review

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