Height, weight, body mass index and offspring sex at birth in contemporary Finnish women

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 252, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 773-775

  Helle, Samuli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; SCREENING; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX RATIO;

EID: 44449160789     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.02.032     Document Type: Letter

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