Research Review: Maternal prenatal distress and poor nutrition - Mutually influencing risk factors affecting infant neurocognitive development

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-130

  Monk, Catherine ^a   Georgieff, Michael K ^b   Osterholm, Erin A ^b  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

fetal origins; micronutrient; neurocognitive development; Prenatal; stress

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; MENTAL STRESS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; NUTRITION DISORDERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872367412     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.12000     Document Type: Review

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