Mother's weight in pregnancy and coronary heart disease in a cohort of Finnish men: Follow up study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 315, Issue 7112, 1997, Pages 837-840

  Forsen T ^a   Eriksson, J G ^a   Tuomilehto, J ^a   Teramo, K ^b   Osmond, C ^c   Barker, D J P ^c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; MOTHER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0030964594     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.315.7112.837     Document Type: Article

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