Modelling foetal growth in a bi-ethnic sample: Results from the born in bradford (BIB) birth cohort

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 481-487

  Norris, Tom ^a   Tuffnell, Derek ^b   Wright, John ^b   Cameron, Noël ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Born in Bradford; Ethnicity; Foetal; Growth; Mixed effects

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ETHNICITY; GROWTH; METABOLISM; WEIGHT;

BRADFORD [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABDOMEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS WEIGHT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAD; HUMAN; MOTHER; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; SOCIOECONOMICS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ABDOMEN; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL WEIGHT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEAD; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PAKISTAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, THIRD; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84911936168     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2014.882412     Document Type: Article

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