Paternal age and adverse birth outcomes: teenager or 40 +, who is at risk?

Author: Xi-Kuan Chen, Shi Wu Wen, Daniel Krewski, Nathalie Fleming, Qiuying Yang, Mark C. Walker Publisher: Oxford University Press, European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology Publication: Human Reproduction Document Date:                  February 6, 2008 Category: Children > Infant/Child Mortality Related Categories: Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Fatherhood Adolescence/Youth > Adolescent Pregnancy Children > Health (fetal addictions, FAS, malnutrition) Parenthood/Childrearing > Fatherhood Sexuality > Sexual Initiation Age   This study concludes that infants fathered by teenagers are at an increased risk for preterm birth, low birth weight, small-for-gestational-age, neonatal paternal mortality and post-neonatal mortality. Click to read this article... (PDF) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link