Low birth weight, preterm birth and small for gestational age association with adult depression: Systematic review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 205, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 340-347

  Loret De Mola, Christian ^a   De França, Giovanny Vinícius Araújo ^a   De Avila Quevedo, Luciana ^b   Horta, Bernardo Lessa ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 84909996650     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.113.139014     Document Type: Article

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