Birth weight, birth length, and bone density in prepubertal children: Evidence for an association that may be mediated by genetic factors

Calcified Tissue International

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 304-308

  Jones, G ^a   Dwyer, T ^a  

^a The Menzies Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body size; Bone density; Childhood; Genetics; Growth

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BONE DENSITY; CHILD; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; FEMALE; FEMUR NECK; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; PUBERTY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TASMANIA;

EID: 0033795886     PISSN: 0171967X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002230001148     Document Type: Article

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