Can confounding by sociodemographic and behavioural factors explain the association between size at birth and blood pressure at age 50 in Sweden?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-18

  Koupilová, Ilona ^a   Leon, David A ^b   Vågerö, Denny ^c  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0031044929     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.51.1.14     Document Type: Article

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