The association between perinatal testosterone concentration and early vocabulary development: A prospective cohort study

Biological Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 212-215

  Hollier, Lauren P ^a,b   Mattes, Eugen ^a   Maybery, Murray T ^b   Keelan, Jeffrey A ^c   Hickey, Martha ^d   Whitehouse, Andrew J O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Expressive vocabulary; Language development; Prenatal; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TESTOSTERONE; VOCABULARY;

EID: 84871642413     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.10.016     Document Type: Article

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