The effect of genetic and seasonal factors on birth weight

Early Human Development

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 439-441

  Gloria Bottini, F ^a   Magrini, A ^a   Bottini, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ACP1; Birth weight; Season of conception

Indexed keywords

ACID PHOSPHATASE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONCEPTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; SAMPLING; SEASONAL VARIATION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; ITALY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; SEASONS;

EID: 67349138601     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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