Link Between Prenatal Exposure To Hong Kong Flu And Reduced Intelligence In Adulthood
by admin on Apr.17, 2009, under Pregnancy News
The Hong Kong flu pandemic was responsible for more than 700,000 deaths worldwide in the late 1960s, with major disease outbreaks in Europe in the winter of 1969-1970. A number of studies have been conducted to determine if prenatal exposure to the influenza virus may result in mental disorders that affect a small portion of the population, but no studies have explored the possible effects of prenatal exposure on the mean intelligence in the general population.
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