Association of blood pressure in adolescence with birthweight

Archives of Disease in Childhood: Fetal and Neonatal Edition

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Pharoah, Pod ^a   Stevenson, C J ^a   West, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Birthweight; Blood pressure; Socioeconomic circumstances

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISABILITY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

EID: 0031686150     PISSN: 13592998     EISSN: 14682052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/fn.79.2.F114     Document Type: Article

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