Weight growth charts from birth to 6 years of age in Japanese triplets

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 641-647

  Yokoyama, Yoshie ^a   Sugimoto, Masako ^b   Silventoinen, Karri ^c   Kaprio, Jaakko ^c,d  

^a Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^b Nishinomiya City Public Health Center   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birth order; Gestational age; Growth; Maternal age; Sex; Triplet; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTHER; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PARITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WEIGHT; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRIPLETS;

EID: 57349137311     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.11.6.641     Document Type: Article

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