Birth weight and environmental heat load: A between-population analysis

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 276-282

  Wells, Jonathan C K ^a   Cole, Tim J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetal growth; Temperature; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; DATA BASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENT; FETUS GROWTH; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIRTH WEIGHT; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENVIRONMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HEAT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036838321     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.10137     Document Type: Article

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