Heritability variations of morphometric traits in West Bengal (India) children aged 4-19 years: A mixed-longitudinal growth study

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 226-239

  Salces, I ^a   Rebato, E ^a   Susanne, C ^b   Hauspie, R C ^b   Saha, R ^c   Dasgupta, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Growth; Heritability; India; Siblings

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC VARIATION; GROWTH RATE; HERITABILITY; MORPHOMETRY; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEREDITY; HUMANS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SIBLINGS;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 34250219564     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460601144128     Document Type: Article

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