Early life influences on adult leg and trunk length in the 1958 British birth cohort

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 836-843

  Li, Leah ^a   Dangour, Alan D ^b   Power, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; CHILDBIRTH; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HOUSING; HUMAN; LEG DISEASE; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PARENT; PREDICTION; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRUNK; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 36049007738     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20649     Document Type: Article

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