Low birthweight and subsequent emotional and behavioural outcomes in 12-year-old children in Soweto, South Africa: findings from Birth to Twenty.

BACKGROUND: The fetal origins hypothesis suggests that an adverse prenatal environment, indexed by low birthweight (LBW), may increase the risk of developing later disease. Recently the hypothesis has been extended to psychological outcomes, especially depression. The aim of this analysis was to te...

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Main Authors: Sabet, F, Richter, L, Ramchandani, P, Stein, A, Quigley, M, Norris, SA
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 2009