Low birth weight and blood pressure at age 7-11 years in a biracial sample

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 387-397

  Donker, Gé A ^a   Labarthe, Darwin R ^a,c   Harrist, Ronald B ^a   Selwyn, Beatrice J ^a   Wattigney, Wendy ^b   Berenson, Gerald S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c 1001 E ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

birth weight; blacks; blood pressure; child; risk factors; whites

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031050576     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009120     Document Type: Article

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