Size at birth and growth trajectories to young adulthood

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-337

  Adair, Linda S ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; PHILIPPINES; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34249747414     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20587     Document Type: Article

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