The association between height and birth order: Evidence from 652 518 Swedish men

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 571-577

  Myrskylä, Mikko ^a   Silventoinen, Karri ^b   Jelenkovic, Aline ^b,c,d   Tynelius, Per ^e   Rasmussen, Finn ^e  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^d BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH MONITORING; HEIGHT; LIVING STANDARD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; METHODOLOGY; MODEL; PHYSIOLOGY; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOLDIER; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; GROWTH; METHODOLOGY; MODELLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885378417     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-202296     Document Type: Article

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