Parental characteristics as predictors of birthweight

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 168-177

  Xue, Fei ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b,d   Rosner, Bernard A ^a,b   Forman, Michele R ^c   Michels, Karin B ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Building II ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Embryo development; Epidemiology; Parental characteristics; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COFFEE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIETARY INTAKE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MILK; NEWBORN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ANIMAL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING; MALE; MOTHER; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COFFEE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRINKING; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MILK; MOTHERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREGNANCY; SMOKING;

EID: 40549141797     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem316     Document Type: Article

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