Genetic and environmental influences on chest circumference during infancy: A longitudinal study of Japanese twins

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 553-560

  Silventoinen, Karri ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,b   Dunkel, Leo ^c   Yokoyama, Yoshie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

birth weight; chest circumference; genetics; infancy; twins

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPANESE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEWBORN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THORAX; THORAX CIRCUMFERENCE;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY SIZE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84867537863     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12003     Document Type: Article

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