Fingerprint ridge-count difference between adjacent fingertips (dR45) predicts upper-body tissue distribution: Evidence for early gestational programming

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 338-344

  Kahn, Henry S ^a   Ravindranath, Roopa ^b   Valdez, Rodolfo ^a   Narayan, K M Venkat ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Age factors; Anthropometry; Body constitution; Dermatoglyphics; Diabetes mellitus; Risk factors; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FINGER DERMATOGLYPHICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TRUNK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY CONSTITUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATOGLYPHICS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FINGERS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPINAL NERVES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035865553     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.4.338     Document Type: Article

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