Differences in human birth weight and corollary attributes as a result of temperature regime

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 385-395

  Jensen, Per M ^a   Sorensen, Marten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Altitude; Birth weight; Birth weight variation; Global analysis; IQ; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COGNITION; DIABETES; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREGNANCY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; PREGNANCY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CLIMATE CHANGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LINEAR MODELS; PREGNANCY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84884223414     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2013.786757     Document Type: Article

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