Childhood leg length and adult mortality: Follow up of the Carnegie (Boyd Orr) Survey of diet and health in pre-war Britain

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 142-152

  Gunnell, David J ^a   Davey Smith, George ^a   Frankel, Stephen ^a   Nanchahal, Kiran ^b   Braddon, Fiona E M ^c   Pemberton, John ^d   Peters, Tim J ^a  

^a Canynge Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

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

^c FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Cannon Fields   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEG LENGTH; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRUNK;

EID: 0031887532     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.52.3.142     Document Type: Article

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