Birthweight, adult risk factors and incident coronary heart disease: The Caerphilly study

Public Health

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 139-143

  Frankel, S ^a   Elwood, P ^a   Sweetnam, P ^b   Yarnell, J ^c   Davey Smith, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Coronary heart disease; Fibrinogen levels; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029933728     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(96)80066-7     Document Type: Article

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