The contribution of prenatal environment and genetic factors to the association between birth weight and adult grip strength

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Ridgway, Charlotte L ^a   Sharp, Stephen J ^a   Derom, Catherine ^b   Beunen, Gaston ^b   Fagard, Robert ^c   Vlietinck, Robert ^b   Ekelund, Ulf ^a   Loos, Ruth J F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF METABOLIC SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRIP STRENGTH; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TWINS; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; GENETICS; HAND STRENGTH; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL RELATIONS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952685374     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0017955     Document Type: Article

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