Biological variables in height growth of Japanese twins: A comparison with those of singletons

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 283-295

  Ali, Md Ayub ^a   Ashizawa, Kumi ^b   Kato, Sumiyo ^b   Kouchi, Makiko ^c   Koyama, Chikako ^b   Hoshi, Hiroshi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJSHAHI   (Bangladesh)

^b OTSUMA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Biological variable; Dizygotic twin; Monozygotic twin; Singleton; Stature; Triple logistic model

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH; HEIGHT; NUMERICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADULT; BAYES THEOREM; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34447137333     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460601079712     Document Type: Article

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