Association between exposure to the chinese famine in different stages of early life and decline in cognitive functioning in adulthood

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue JULY, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Chao ^a   An, Yu ^a   Yu, Huanling ^a   Feng, Lingli ^a   Liu, Quanri ^a   Lu, Yanhui ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Xiao, Rong ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese famine; Cognitive functioning; Different life stages; Early life; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE FUNCTION TEST; DEMENTIA; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUNGER; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE;

EID: 84978745468     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2016.00146     Document Type: Article

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