Multigenerational effects of parental prenatal exposure to famine on adult offspring cognitive function

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Li, Jie ^a   Na, Lixin ^a   Ma, Hao ^a   Zhang, Zhe ^a   Li, Tianjiao ^a   Lin, Liqun ^a   Li, Qiang ^a   Sun, Changhao ^a   Li, Ying ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHINA; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STARVATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHINA; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT EFFECT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STARVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940828194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep13792     Document Type: Article

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