Birth weight of offspring and mortality in the Renfrew and Paisley study: Prospective observational study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7117, 1997, Pages 1189-1193

  Smith, George Davey ^a   Hart, Carole ^b   Ferrell, Catherine ^b   Upton, Mark ^b   Hole, David ^c   Hawthorne, Victor ^d   Watt, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c RUCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BRONCHITIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030702053     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7117.1189     Document Type: Article

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