The role of early life factors in the development of ethnic differences in growth and overweight in preschool children: A prospective birth cohort

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Van Rossem, Lenie ^a,b   Hafkamp De Groen, Esther ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Raat, Hein ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BMI; Breastfeeding; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Infant weight gain; Overweight; Preschool; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURINAME; TURKEY;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURINAME; TURKEY;

EID: 84904082210     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-722     Document Type: Article

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