The treatment of parental height as a biological factor in studies of birth weight and childhood growth

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 184-187

  Spencer, N J ^a   Logan, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FATHERS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0036724326     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.87.3.184     Document Type: Article

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