Gender mix: Does it modify birthweight - Outcome association?

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 37-40

  Derom, Robert ^a,b,d   Derom, Catherine ^b   Loos, Ruth J F ^b   Thiery, Evert ^a,c   Vlietinck, Robert ^b   Fryns, Jean Pierre ^b  

^a Association for Scientific Research in Multiple Births   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d University of Leuven ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGISTER; TWIN ZYGOSITY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; TWINS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 13844305805     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2005.00613.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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