Target height as predicted by parental heights in a population-based study

Pediatric Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 563-571

  Luo, Zhong Cheng ^a   Albertsson Wikland, Kerstin ^b   Karlberg, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0031697192     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-199810000-00016     Document Type: Article

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