Age variations in sibling correlations for height, sitting height and weight

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 585-592

  Rebato, E ^a   Salces, I ^a   San Martin L ^a   Rosique, J ^a   Hauspie, R ^b   Susanne, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0031278464     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014469700005342     Document Type: Article

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