Socioeconomic disadvantage and neural development from infancy through early childhood

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1889-1899

  Hung, Galen Chin Lun ^a,b   Hahn, Jill ^c   Alamiri, Bibi ^c,d   Buka, Stephen L ^e   Goldstein, Jill M ^f   Laird, Nan ^c   Nelson, Charles A ^g   Smoller, Jordan W ^h   Gilman, Stephen E ^c,h,i  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Neural development; Neurological abnormality; Socioeconomic status; Soft signs

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE; MATURATION; NEONATE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL INDICATOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIST; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENT; PEDIATRICIAN; PLACENTA DISORDER; PLACENTA INSUFFICIENCY; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPASTIC PARESIS; UNITED STATES; WHITE MATTER INJURY; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BIRTH INJURIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GAIT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE TONE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OBSTETRIC DELIVERY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

UNITED STATES;

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BIRTH INJURIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DELIVERY, OBSTETRIC; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE TONUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREMATURE BIRTH; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; VASOMOTOR SYSTEM;

EID: 84962638094     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv303     Document Type: Article

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