Low maternal education is associated with increased growth velocity in the first year of life and in early childhood: The ABCD study

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 172, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1451-1457

  Van Den Berg, Gerrit ^a,b   Van Eijsden, Manon ^b,c   Galindo Garre, Francisca ^a   Vrijkotte, Tanja ^d   Gemke, Reinoud ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Explanatory factors; Growth velocity; Prospective cohort; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL CARE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84886795617     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-013-2063-y     Document Type: Article

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