Evidence that parent-of-origin affects birth-weight reductions at high altitude

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 592-597

  Bennett, Adam ^a,c   Sain, Stephen R ^a   Vargas, Enrique ^b   Moore, Lorna G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura   (Bolivia)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BOLIVIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HYPOXIA; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; INFANT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ALTITUDE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BOLIVIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL HYPOXIA; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

EID: 52249103492     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20784     Document Type: Article

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