Socioeconomic disadvantage, fetal environment and child development: linked Scottish administrative records based study

Abstract Background Cognitive development in childhood is negatively affected by socioeconomic disadvantage. This study examined whether differences in fetal environment might mediate the association between family socioeconomic position and child development. Methods Data were linked from the Scott...

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Main Authors: Christopher James Playford, Chris Dibben, Lee Williamson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-017-0698-4