Intrauterine environmental and genetic influences on the association between birthweight and cardiovascular risk factors: Studies in twins as a means of testing the fetal origins hypothesis

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2005, Pages 10-14

  Ijzerman, Richard G ^a   Boomsma, Dorret I ^b   Stehouwer, Coen D A ^a,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; PRENATAL GROWTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHORT STATURE; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FETAL NUTRITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, MULTIPLE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 13844310324     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2005.00614.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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