Geographical variation in relationships between parental body size and offspring phenotype at birth

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1066-1079

  Leary, Sam ^a,b   Fall, Caroline ^a   Osmond, Clive ^a   Lovel, Hermione ^c   Campbell, Doris ^d   Eriksson, Johan ^e   Forrester, Terrence ^f   Godfrey, Keith ^a   Hill, Jacqui ^g   Jie, Mi ^h   Law, Catherine ⁱ   Newby, Rachel ^j   Robinson, Sian ^a   Yajnik, Chittaranjan ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c East of England Public Health Group   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^g Holdsworth Memorial Hospital   (India)

^h PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^j University of Lubumbashi   (Congo)

^k KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

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Author keywords

Maternal birth weight; Maternal body composition; Paternal size; Size at birth; Worldwide variation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MUSCLE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; CONGO; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INDIA; JAMAICA; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SRI LANKA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHINA; CONGO; ETHNIC GROUPS; FATHERS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAMAICA; MALE; MOTHERS; NIGERIA; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; SRI LANKA;

EID: 33747803353     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016340600697306     Document Type: Article

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