Birth weight, season of birth and postnatal growth do not predict levels of systemic inflammation in gambian adults

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 457-464

  Richards, Anna A ^a   Fulford, Anthony J ^a,b   Prentice, Andrew M ^a,b   Moore, Sophie E ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTACOID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METABOLISM; MORPHOMETRICS; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879460186     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22413     Document Type: Article

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