Longer gestation among children born full term influences cognitive and motor development

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Espel, Emma V ^a   Glynn, Laura M ^b   Sandman, Curt A ^c   Davis, Elysia Poggi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^b CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME;

EID: 84912550444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0113758     Document Type: Article

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