Determinants of infant growth in four age windows: A twin study

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 566-572.e2

  Touwslager, Robbert N H ^a,b   Gielen, Marij ^a,b,e   Derom, Catherine ^d   Mulder, Antonius L M ^a,b   Gerver, Willem Jan M ^a,b   Zimmermann, Luc J ^a,b   Houben, Alfons J H M ^a,c   Stehouwer, Coen D A ^a,b,c   Vlietinck, Robert ^d   Loos, Ruth J F ^f   Zeegers, Maurice P ^a,b,e  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FATHER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH DISORDER; HEIGHT; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NULLIPARA; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWINS; ZYGOSITY;

EID: 79952574438     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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