Maternal diet in pregnancy and offspring height, sitting height, and leg length

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 467-472

  Leary, Sam D ^a   Ness, Andy ^a   Emmett, Pauline ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIET; PREGNANCY;

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRON INTAKE; LEG LENGTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SITTING; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; IRON, DIETARY; LEG; MAGNESIUM; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 20344399645     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2004.029884     Document Type: Article

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