Season of birth is associated with birth weight, pubertal timing, adult body size and educational attainment: A UK Biobank study

Heliyon

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Day, Felix R ^a   Forouhi, Nita G ^a   Ong, Ken K ^a,b   Perry, John R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84946150505     PISSN: 24058440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2015.e00031     Document Type: Article

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