Associations between skeletal growth in childhood and cognitive function in mid-life in a 53-year prospective birth cohort study.
BACKGROUND:Several studies have found that shorter stature (height and limb length) in late life is associated with dementia and cognitive impairment. The extent to which childhood environment and early life cognitive function accounts for these associations is not clear. METHODS:We investigated ass...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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| Series: | PLoS ONE |
| Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4398360?pdf=render |