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Relationships between Neonatal Weight, Limb Lengths, Skinfold Thicknesses, Body Breadths and Circumferences in an Australian Cohort

BACKGROUND: Low birth weight has been consistently associated with adult chronic disease risk. The thrifty phenotype hypothesis assumes that reduced fetal growth impacts some organs more than others. However, it remains unclear how birth weight relates to different body components, such as circumfer...

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Autores principales: Pomeroy, Emma, Stock, Jay T., Cole, Tim J., O'Callaghan, Michael, Wells, Jonathan C. K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4146506/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25162658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105108