Seasonal fluctuations in birth weight and neonatal limb length; does prenatal vitamin D influence neonatal size and shape?

Early Human Development

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 609-618

  McGrath, John J ^a,b   Keeping, Douglas ^c   Saha, Sukanta ^a   Chant, David C ^a   Lieberman, Daniel E ^d   O'Callaghan, Michael J ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Queensland Fertility Group   (Australia)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Birth weight; Limb length; Seasons; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

VITAMIN D;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CEPHALOMETRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXAMINATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRENATAL CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGISTER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPECTROSCOPY; SPRING; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VITAMIN DEFICIENCY; WINTER;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PERIODICITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SEASONS; VITAMIN D;

EID: 21844456905     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2005.03.013     Document Type: Article

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