Parental Age and Offspring Childhood Mental Health: A Multi-Cohort, Population-Based Investigation

M. A. J. Zondervan-Zwijnenburg, S.A.M. Veldkamp, A. Neumann, S.A. Barzeva, S.A. Nelemans, C.E.M. Beijsterveldt, S.J.T. Branje, M.H.J. Hillegers, W.H.J. Meeus, H. Tiemeier, H.J.A. Hoijtink, A.J. Oldehinkel, D.I. Boomsma

January 2019

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Journal article

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Child Development

In this article we apply Bayesian evidence synthesis to find robust evidence on the relation between parental age (both father and mother) and offspring mental health (both internalizing and externalizing).

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