Determinants of birth weight in boys and girls

Human Ontogenetics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-12

  Voldner, Nanna ^a   Frey Frøslie, Kathrine ^a   Godang, Kristin ^b   Bollerslev, Jens ^b   Henriksen, Tore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Fasting glucose; Intrauterine environment; Paternal birth weight; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PROINSULIN;

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GENETIC REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MACROSOMIA; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL PLASMA; MATERNAL WEIGHT GAIN; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WEANING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 78651508251     PISSN: 1863866X     EISSN: 18639526     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/huon.200900001     Document Type: Article

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