Associations of prenatal exposure to ramadan with small stature and thinness in adulthood: Results from a large indonesian population-based study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 177, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 729-736

  Van Ewijk, Reyn J G ^a   Painter, Rebecca C ^a   Roseboom, Tessa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

anthropometry; lifestyle; nutrition; pregnancy; prenatal; Ramadan fasting

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DIET; EMBRYO; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FASTING; ISLAMISM; LIFESTYLE; PREGNANCY; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CONCEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IN UTERO STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; INDONESIA; MALE; MOSLEM; POPULATION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROGENY; RELIGION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FASTING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDONESIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISLAM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREGNANCY; SAMPLING STUDIES; THINNESS;

INDONESIA;

EID: 84876230832     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt023     Document Type: Article

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