Birth weight among Tibetans at different altitudes in India: Are Tibetans better protected from IUGR?

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 442-450

  Tripathy, Vikal ^a   Gupta, Ranjan ^a  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDIA; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIBET;

EID: 23844453080     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20400     Document Type: Article

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