Separating in-utero and postnatal influences on later disease.

Gunnell, D; Smith, G D; McConnachie, A; Greenwood, R; Upton, M; Frankel, S · Lancet · 1999

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Abstract

Associations of birthweight with leg length and trunk length are similar. Childhood exposures rather than in-utero programming may underlie specific associations seen between leg length and mortality.

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