Maternal and paternal influences on length of pregnancy

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 880-885

  Lie, Rolv T ^a   Wilcox, Allen J ^b   Skjærven, Rolv ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; FATHER; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; NORWAY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; TERM BIRTH; VAGINAL DELIVERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PROBABILITY; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERM BIRTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646101841     PISSN: 00297844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.AOG.0000206797.52832.36     Document Type: Article

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