Folic Acid Supplementation throughout pregnancy: psychological developmental benefits for children

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 107, Issue 8, 2018, Pages 1370-1378

  Henry, Lesley Anne ^a   Cassidy, Tony ^a   McLaughlin, Marian ^a   Pentieva, Kristina ^a   McNulty, Helene ^a   Walsh, Colum P ^a   Lees Murdock, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Folic acid; Prosocial behaviour; Psychological adjustment; Resilience

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSERTIVENESS; ATTITUDE ASSESSMENT; AWARENESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATIVITY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; EMPATHY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HAPPINESS; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMOR; IMPULSIVENESS; INDEPENDENCE; INTROSPECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTIMISM; ORIENTATION; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESILIENCY ATTITUDES AND SKILLS PROFILE; SELF CONCEPT; SELF ESTEEM; STRENGTHS AND DIFFICULTIES QUESTIONNAIRE; STRESS MANAGEMENT; TRAIT EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE QUESTIONNAIRE CHILD SHORT FORM; CHILD HEALTH; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DRUG EFFECT; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 85044399677     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.14290     Document Type: Article

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