Cardiovascular risk factors in British children from towns with widely differing adult cardiovascular mortality

British Medical Journal

Volumn 313, Issue 7049, 1996, Pages 79-84

  Whincup, Peter H ^a   Cook, Derek G ^b   Adshead, Fiona ^b   Taylor, Stephanie ^a   Papacosta, Olia ^a   Walker, Mary ^a   Wilson, Valerie ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUCASIAN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CITY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030057067     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.313.7049.79     Document Type: Article

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