The Intergenerational Effects on Birth Weight and Its Relations to Maternal Conditions, São Paulo, Brazil

Background and Objectives. Parents’ birth weight acts as a predictor for the descendant birth weight, with the correlation more strongly transmitted through maternal line. The present research aims to study the correlation between the child’s low or increased birth weight, the mother’s birth weight,...

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Main Authors: Leide Irislayne Macena da Costa e Silva, Filumena Maria da Silva Gomes, Maria Helena Valente, Ana Maria de Ulhôa Escobar, Alexandra Valéria Maria Brentani, Sandra J. F. E. Grisi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/615034