Body mass index and height over three generations: Evidence from the Lifeways cross-generational cohort study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Murrin, Celine M ^a   Kelly, Gabrielle E ^a   Tremblay, Richard E ^a   Kelleher, Cecily C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; IRELAND; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PHENOTYPE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; IRELAND; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTHERS; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856120861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-81     Document Type: Article

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