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. 2003 Jan 4;326(7379):19-20.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7379.19.

Parental diabetes and birth weight of offspring: intergenerational cohort study

Elina Hyppönen  1 , George Davey Smith, Chris Power
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Parental diabetes and birth weight of offspring: intergenerational cohort study

Elina Hyppönen et al. BMJ. .
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Birth weight of offspring as a function of birth order for parents with or without diabetes; numbers relate to each birth order. Error bars are 95% confidence intervals
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