Birthweight and adult health in a population-based sample of Norwegian twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 148-155

  Grjibovski, Andrej M ^a,b   Harris, Jennifer R ^a   Magnus, Per ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BRAIN DISEASE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; EDUCATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; ZYGOSITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASES IN TWINS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYOPIA; NORWAY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 17844400073     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/1832427053738818     Document Type: Article

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