Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages 183-189 , August 2011

Gender Differences of Final Height Contributed by Parents’ Height Among Healthy Individuals

  • Pen-Hua Su

      Affiliations

    • Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shu-Li Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Division of Environmental Health and Occupational Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Zhunan, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Jia-Yuh Chen

      Affiliations

    • Division of Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, No. 110, Section 1, Chien-Kuo North Road, Taichung City 402, Taiwan.

Received 25 September 2009 ,Revised 24 June 2010 ,Accepted 12 August 2010.

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PII: S1875-9572(11)00064-7

doi: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2011.05.003

Pediatrics & Neonatology
Volume 52, Issue 4 , Pages 183-189 , August 2011

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