Titre :
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Early origins and adult correlates of psychosomatic distress. (2002)
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Auteurs :
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YIN BUN CHEUNG (.) : SGP. Division of Clinical Trials and Epidemiological Sciences. National Cancer Centre. II Hospital Drive. Singapore.
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Social science and medicine (vol. 55, n° 6, 2002)
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Pagination :
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937-948
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Santé mentale
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Royaume Uni
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Europe
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Epidémiologie
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Jeune adulte
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Homme
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Etiologie
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Tabagisme
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Mère
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS dkguR0xh. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Previous studies have demonstrated associations between fetal insults and psychological and developmental outcomes in children and adolescents. It is not clear whether psychosomatic problems in adults also have early origins. This study involved full-term live-born singletons free of congenital anomaly in the 1970 British Birth Cohort Study, Birthweight, gestational age, maternal smoking, parental social class and birth order were recorded around the time of birth. Psychological and somatic distresses were measured by the Malaise Inventory at age 26. A number of socio-behavioural covariates were also measured at this time. Multiple (least square) regression analysis showed that birthweight standardised for gestational age had a "reverse J" relation with psychological distress (p
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