Early Life Origins Cognitive Decline: Findings in Elderly Men in the Helsinki Birth Cohort Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Raikkonen, Katri ^a   Kajantie, Eero ^b   Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a   Heinonen, Kati ^a   Alastalo, Hanna ^b   Leskinen, Jukka T ^c   Nyman, Kai ^c   Henriksson, Markus ^b,d   Lahti, Jari ^a   Lahti, Marius ^a   Pyhälä, Riikka ^a   Tuovinen, Soile ^a   Osmond, Clive ^e   Barker, David J P ^e,f   Eriksson, Johan G ^a,b,g,h,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL DEFENCE UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^d CENTRE FOR MILITARY MEDICINE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^g VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^h HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

ⁱ FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL TEST; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRENATAL GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FINLAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873824325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054707     Document Type: Article

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