Associations between skeletal growth in childhood and cognitive function in mid-life in a 53-year prospective birth cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Stewart, Robert ^a   Hardy, Rebecca ^b   Richards, Marcus ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BONE GROWTH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RESERVE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DIVORCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEG LENGTH; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; PARENT; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; TRUNK; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; WORD LIST RECALL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; GROWTH; LEARNING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; READING; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 84929468909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124163     Document Type: Article

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