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Birth weight and sibship size

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

William H. James
William H. James
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Galton Laboratory, University College London
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It seems that women whose first-born children are very heavy (9 lb and more) or very light (less than 5 1b) have more subsequent children than other women. This finding does not appear to arise from any of the possible artifacts discussed, and it could have some bearing on the present secular increase in the height and weight of the population.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , April 1972 , pp. 227 - 234
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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