Lifecourse exposure and later disease: A follow-up study based on a survey of family diet and health in pre-war Britain (1937-1939)

Public Health

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-94

  Gunnell, D J ^a   Frankel, S ^a   Nanchahal, K ^b   Braddon, F E M ^c   Davey Smith, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Cohort; Diet; Lifecourse; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAMILY LIFE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HOUSING; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0029968645     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(96)80052-7     Document Type: Article

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