Birth weight, maternal body mass index, and early childhood growth: A prospective birth cohort study in China

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 421-428

  Ye, Rongwei ^a   Pei, Lijun ^b   Ren, Aiguo ^a   Zhang, Yali ^a   Zheng, Xiaoying ^b   Liu, Jian meng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Maternal body mass index; Overweight; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THINNESS;

EID: 78449258850     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20090187     Document Type: Article

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