Parents' growth in childhood and the birth weight of their offspring

Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 308-316

  Martin, Richard M ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a   Frankel, Stephen ^a   Gunnell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 3142670639     PISSN: 10443983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000120042.16363.e3     Document Type: Review

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