Paternal and Maternal Influences on Differences in Birth Weight between Europeans and Indians Born in the UK

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Wells, Jonathan C K ^a   Sharp, Georgina ^b   Steer, Philip J ^c   Leon, David A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL CORNWALL HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS GROWTH; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INDIAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PATERNALISM; PROGENY; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRTH WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; FATHERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PARITY;

EID: 84877302255     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0061116     Document Type: Article

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