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Effect of teenage motherhood on cognitive outcomes in children: A population-based cohort study

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Objective: To examine the association between teenage motherhood and cognitive development at 5 years. Design: Data from Millennium Cohort Study, a prospective, nationally representative UK cohort of 18 818 infants born between 2000 and 2001. Participants: 12 021 (64%) mother-child pairs from white, English-speaking, singleton pregnancies were included. Methods: Cognitive ability at 5 years was measured by the British Ability Scales II. Difference in mean cognitive scores across maternal age ...

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
NPEU
Role:
Author
Journal:
Archives of Disease in Childhood
Volume:
98
Issue:
12
Pages:
959-964
Publication date:
2013-12-01
DOI:
EISSN:
1468-2044
ISSN:
0003-9888
Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:441901
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uuid:a6a51ea6-b6d9-4bac-bd01-e4d60b68ff3b
Local pid:
pubs:441901
Source identifiers:
441901
Deposit date:
2014-09-18

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