Birth weight, stress, and symptoms of depression in adolescence: Evidence of fetal programming in a National Canadian Cohort

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 422-428

  Colman, Ian ^a,b   Ataullahjan, Anushka ^b   Naicker, Kiyuri ^c   Van Lieshout, Ryan J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Depression; Epidemiology; Fetal distress; Stressful events

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CHRONIC STRESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

EID: 84872416376     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674371205700705     Document Type: Article

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