Birthweight, body-mass index in middle age, and incident coronary heart disease

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9040, 1996, Pages 1478-1480

  Frankel, Stephen ^a   Elwood, Peter ^a   Sweetnam, Peter ^b   Yarnell, John ^c   Davey Smith, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LLANDOUGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030607605     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)03482-4     Document Type: Article

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