Open AccessPrenatal famine exposure and cognition at age 59 years
Author(s) -
Renate HM de Groot,
Aryeh D. Stein,
Jolle W. Jolles,
M.P. van Boxtel,
Gerard J. Blauw,
Margot van de Bor,
L. H. Lumey
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyq261
Subject(s) - famine , prenatal exposure , cognition , medicine , pediatrics , gerontology , pregnancy , psychiatry , gestation , history , biology , archaeology , genetics
Despite the perceived importance of early life nutrition for mental development, few studies have related gestational undernutrition to later-life cognitive functioning. We investigated the consequences of gestational exposure to the Dutch famine of 1944-45 for cognitive functioning at the age of 59 years.
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