Number of siblings, birth order, and childhood overweight: A population-based cross-sectional study in Japan

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ochiai, Hirotaka ^a   Shirasawa, Takako ^a   Ohtsu, Tadahiro ^a   Nishimura, Rimei ^b   Morimoto, Aya ^b   Obuchi, Ritsuko ^a   Hoshino, Hiromi ^a   Tajima, Naoko ^b   Kokaze, Akatsuki ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Birth order; Childhood overweight; Public health; Sibling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING;

BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SIBLINGS;

EID: 84866000340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-766     Document Type: Article

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