Is there a greater maternal than paternal influence on offspring adiposity in India?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 973-979

  Corsi, Daniel J ^a   Subramanian, S V ^b,c   Ackerson, Leland K ^d   Smith, George Davey ^e  

^a OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL OBESITY; NEWBORN; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SEX DIFFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT; FATHER; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATHERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942983153     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307690     Document Type: Article

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