Determinants of Infant Growth: Evidence from Hong Kong's " Children of 1997" Birth Cohort

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 827-835

  Hui, L L ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Cowling, Benjamin J ^a   Lam, T H ^a   Schooling, C Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Growth; Hong Kong; Infant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; SELF-ASSESSMENT;

EID: 77957682823     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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