Effects of altitude versus economic status on birth weight and body shape at birth

Pediatric Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 490-494

  Giussani, Dino A ^a   Phillips, P Seamus ^b   Anstee, Syd ^b   Barker, David J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BOLIVIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HYPOXIA; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BOLIVIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0035069341     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-200104000-00009     Document Type: Article

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