Birth weight, childhood size, and muscle strength in adult life: evidence from a birth cohort study.

Environmental influences during gestation may have long-term effects on adult muscle strength. It is not known how early in adult life such effects are manifest and whether they are modified by childhood body size. The authors examined the relation between birth weight and hand grip strength in a pr...

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Main Authors: Kuh, D, Bassey, J, Hardy, R, Aihie Sayer, A, Wadsworth, M, Cooper, C
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2002