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Title: Racial Differences in Birth Health Risk: A Quantitative Genetic Approach
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van den Oord, Edwin J. C. G. Rowe, David C. |
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Racial Differences in Birth Health Risk: A Quantitative Genetic Approach Demography 37,3 (August 2000): 285-298. Also: http://www.springerlink.com/content/1hj1327113014059/ Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: Population Association of America Keyword(s): Birthweight; Genetics; Infants; Mothers, Race; Racial Differences; Weight Permission to reprint the abstract has not been received from the publisher. The gap between black and white babies' birth weights in the US has remained largely unexplained. Rather than trying to measure all relevant variables, a genetically informative design was used to study the relevant importance of genetic and environmental factors, using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Employing multiple indicators of "birth health risk," it was found that the racial differences increased with the magnitude of the shared environmental effects. This suggested that possible genetic effects would not pertain to fetal genes, although genes affecting the mother's physical or physiological characteristics could be important because they contribute to shared environment in the analysis. 4 Tables, 3 Figures, 49 References. Adapted from the source document. |
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van den Oord, Edwin J. C. G. and David C. Rowe. "Racial Differences in Birth Health Risk: A Quantitative Genetic Approach." Demography 37,3 (August 2000): 285-298.
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