The effects of own fetal growth on reported hypertension in parous women aged 33

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 562-570

  Hennessy, Enid ^a   Alberman, Eva ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Fetal growth retardation; Height; Hypertension; Logistic models; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0030968726     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.3.562     Document Type: Article

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