Association of head circumference at birth among sibling pairs

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 26-32

  Samuelsen, Sven O ^a,c   Stene, Lars C ^a   Bakketeig, Leiv S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; SIBLING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH INTERVALS; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SIBLINGS; STATISTICS;

EID: 1042276789     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2004.00532.x     Document Type: Article

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