Studies of twins: What can they tell us about the fetal origins of adult disease?

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 2-7

  Morley, Ruth ^a,b   Dwyer, Terence ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b The Menzies Foundation   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CATCH UP GROWTH; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE COURSE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWINS;

EID: 13844308957     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2005.00608.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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