Objective Transient gestational hypothyroxinemia in rodents induces cortical neuronal
migration brain lesions resembling those of autism. We investigated the association …

BACKGROUND: High pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) and excessive gestational
weight gain (GWG) are suggested to influence risk of asthma and atopic disease in offspring …

The aim of this study was to examine the factor structure of the Strengths and Difficulties
Questionnaire (SDQ) using a Structural Confirmatory Factor Analytic approach. The Danish …

Background After the worldwide steep increase in child and adolescent overweight and
obesity during the last decades, there is now evidence of a levelling off in the prevalence in …

Epidemiological studies have provided evidence of an association between vitamin D
insufficiency and depression and other mood disorders, and a role for vitamin D in various …

Background More than a dozen studies have reported a reduced rate of childbearing after
caesarean delivery (CD). It has been hypothesised that this is because women who deliver …

Objective A number of studies examined the effects of prenatal stress on birth outcomes with
diverging and inconclusive results. We aimed to examine if working with high job strain …

The author discusses the plan of the National Children's Study in the US to establish a
random sampling of births. The author states that the organization wants to collect data …

There is broad recognition that early life growth trajectories are important predictors for the
onset of several diseases. This thesis addresses two methodological challenges that arise in …