Growth charts of length and height from birth to six years of age in Japanese triplets

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 320-327

  Yokoyama, Yoshie ^a   Sugimoto, Masako ^b   Silventoinen, Karri ^c   Pitkäniemi, Janne ^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

Birthweight gestational age; Growth; Height; Length; Sex; Triplet

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; DELIVERY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PARITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; TRIPLETS;

EID: 67249150638     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1375/twin.12.3.320     Document Type: Article

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