Height, age at first birth, and lifetime reproductive success: A prospective cohort study of finnish male and female twins

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 581-589

  Silventoinen, Karri ^a   Helle, Samuli ^b   Nisén, Jessica ^a   Martikainen, Pekka ^a   Kaprio, Jaakko ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

height; humans; reproductive success; timing of reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEREDITY; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SHORT STATURE; TWINS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCTION; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 84876010783     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.150     Document Type: Article

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