Low birth weight does not predict the ontogeny of relative leg length of infants and children: An allometric analysis of the NHANES III sample

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 487-494

  Bogin, Barry ^a   Baker, Jack ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

anthropometry; childhood; developmental origins of health and disease; infancy; perinatal health

Indexed keywords

ALLOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; LEG LENGTH; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; ONTOGENY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 85027946387     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22064     Document Type: Article

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