Birth weight, weight at 1 y of age, and body composition in older men: findings from the Hertfordshire Cohort Study
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Birth weight, infant weight gain, and cause-specific mortality: the Hertfordshire Cohort Study.
Low birth weight, a marker of adverse intrauterine circumstances, is known to be associated with a range of disease outcomes in later life, including coronary heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes, and osteoporosis. However, it may also decrease the risk of other common conditions, most notably neoplastic disease. The authors describe the associations between birth weight, infant weight ...
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عنوان ژورنال: The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0002-9165,1938-3207
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/80.1.199