Relationship of birth weight and length with growth in height and body diameters from 5 years of age to maturity

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 772-778

  Loesch, Danuta Z ^a   Huggins, Richard M ^a   Stokes, Kerry M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0042131201     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6300(199911/12)11:6<772::AID-AJHB7>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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