Offspring birth weights after maternal intrauterine undernutrition: A comparison within sibships

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 810-825

  Lumey, L H ^a,b,c   Stein, Aryeh D ^b,d  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c AMERICAN HEALTH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Fetal growth retardation; Food deprivation; Nutrition disorders; Prenatal exposure delayed effects

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUNGER; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NETHERLANDS; SIBLING;

EID: 0030722083     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009198     Document Type: Article

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