Maternal depressive symptoms not associated with reduced height in young children in a US prospective cohort study.

Shorter stature is associated with greater all cause and heart disease mortality, but taller stature with increased risk of cancer mortality. Though childhood environment is important in determining height, limited data address how maternal depression affects linear growth in children. We examined t...

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Main Authors: Karen A Ertel, Karestan C Koenen, Janet W Rich-Edwards, Matthew W Gillman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-10-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2965089?pdf=render