Prenatal famine exposure and cognition at age 59 years
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Prenatal famine exposure and cognition at age 59 years.
BACKGROUND Despite the perceived importance of early life nutrition for mental development, few studies have related gestational undernutrition to later-life cognitive functioning. We investigated the consequences of gestational exposure to the Dutch famine of 1944-45 for cognitive functioning at the age of 59 years. METHODS We recruited men and women who were (i) born in birth clinics in Ams...
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Centre for Learning Sciences and Technologies, Open University, Heerlen, The Netherlands, Centre Brain & Learning, AZIRE Research Institute, Faculty of Psychology and Education, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience; Division of Cognitive Disorders and Department of Psychiatry & Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands, Hubert Departm...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0300-5771,1464-3685
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq261