ArticleProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America2017
Prenatal loss of father during World War One is predictive of a reduced lifespan in adulthood.
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- Placental FKBP51 mediates a link between second trimester maternal anxiety and birthweight in female infants.Scientific reports · 2018Article
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- Impact of social inequalities at birth on the longevity of children born 1914-1916: A cohort study.PloS one · 2017Article
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Abstract
Although early-life stress is known to alter health, its long-term consequences on mortality remain largely unknown. Thanks to unique French legislation established in 1917 for war orphans and children of disabled soldiers, we were able to study the adult mortality of individuals born in 1914-1916 whose fathers were killed during World War 1. Vital information and socio-demographic characteristics were extracted manually from historical civil registers for 5,671 children born between 1 August 1914 and 31 December 1916 who were granted the status of "
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