American Journal of Epidemiology Advance Access originally published online on July 31, 2008
American Journal of Epidemiology 2008 168(6):665; doi:10.1093/aje/kwn180
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In a recent Journal article, Nielsen et al. reported that later-born siblings (of both sexes) with preceding brothers weighed significantly less at