Short stature and heart disease: Nature or nurture?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 748-756

  Kee, Frank ^a   Nicaud, Viviane ^b   Tiret, Laurence ^b   Evans, Alun ^a   O'Reilly, Denis ^c   De Backer, Guy ^d  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Risk; Short stature transmissibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC RISK; HEART INFARCTION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SHORT STATURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FATHER-CHILD RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030810622     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.4.748     Document Type: Article

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