Genetic determinants of height growth assessed longitudinally from infancy to adulthood in the northern finland birth cohort 1966

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Sovio, Ulla ^a   Bennett, Amanda J ^b   Millwood, Lona Y ^a   Molitor, John ^a   O'Reilly, Paul F ^a   J Timpson, Nicholas ^c,d   Kaakinen, Marika ^e   Laitinen, Jaana ^f   Haukka, Jari ^g,h   Pillas, Demetris ^a   Tzoulaki, Ioanna ^a   Molitor, Jassy ^a   Hoggart, Clive ^a   Coin, Lachlan J M ^a   Whittaker, John ⁱ   Pouta, Anneli ^g   Hartikainen, Anna Liisa ^e   Freimer, Nelson B ^j,k   Widen, Elisabeth ^l   Peltonen, Leena ^l,m,n   Elliott, Paul ^a   I Mccarthy, Mark ^b,c,o   Jarvelin, Marjo Riitta ^a,e,g   more..

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^f FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

ⁱ LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^m BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

ⁿ WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^o CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; CAUCASIAN; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; GENETICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 62149121341     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000409     Document Type: Article

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