In-utero exposure to bereavement and offspring IQ: a Danish national cohort study.

BACKGROUND: Intelligence is a life-long trait that has strong influences on lifestyle, adult morbidity and life expectancy. Hence, lower cognitive abilities are therefore of public health interest. Our primary aim was to examine if prenatal bereavement measured as exposure to death of a close family...

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Main Authors: Jasveer Virk, Carsten Obel, Jiong Li, Jørn Olsen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3928249?pdf=render