Early life origins cognitive decline: findings in elderly men in the Helsinki birth cohort study

OBJECTIVES: To examine whether the adverse effects of slow prenatal and postnatal growth on cognitive function persist to old age and predict age related cognitive decline. DESIGN AND SETTING: A longitudinal birth cohort study of men born in Helsinki, Finland 1934-44. PARTICIPANTS: Nine-hundred-th...

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Main Authors: Raikkonen, Katri (Author), Kajantie, Eero (Author), Pesonen, Anu-Katrina (Author), Heinonen, Kati (Author), Alastalo, Hanna (Author), Leskinen, Jukka T. (Author), Nyman, Kai (Author), Henriksson, Markus (Author), Lahti, Jan (Author), Lahti, Marius (Author), Pyhala, Riikka (Author), Tuovinen, Soile (Author), Osmond, Clive (Author), Barker, David J. P. (Author), Eriksson, Johan G. (Author)
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Language:English
Published: 2013-01-30.
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