No increased mortality in later life for cohorts born during famine

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 987-994

  Kannisto, Väinö ^a   Christensen, Kaare ^a,b   Vaupel, James W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cohort effect; fetal growth retardation; mortality; nutrition; survival rate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FETUS; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUNGER; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIFE EVENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT MORTALITY; FAMINE PERIOD; HISTORICAL STUDY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY IMPACT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE;

FINLAND;

EID: 0030613568     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009067     Document Type: Article

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