Father's effect on infant birth weight

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1022-1026

  Klebanoff, M A ^a   Mednick, B R ^a   Schulsinger, C ^a   Secher, N J ^a   Shiono, P H ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Genetics; Paternal effects

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATERNITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031862093     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9378(98)70542-3     Document Type: Article

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