Birthweight and Body Mass Index in young adulthood: The Swedish young male twins study

Twin Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 400-405

  Johansson, Malin ^a   Rasmussen, Finn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; TWINS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; MALE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035714582     PISSN: 13690523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.4.5.400     Document Type: Article

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