Maternal age and offspring developmental vulnerability at age five: A population-based cohort study of Australian children.

BACKGROUND:In recent decades, there has been a shift to later childbearing in high-income countries. There is limited large-scale evidence of the relationship between maternal age and child outcomes beyond the perinatal period. The objective of this study is to quantify a child's risk of develo...

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Main Authors: Kathleen Falster, Mark Hanly, Emily Banks, John Lynch, Georgina Chambers, Marni Brownell, Sandra Eades, Louisa Jorm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-04-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5915778?pdf=render