Hypothesized foetal and early life influences on adult heart disease mortality: An ecological analysis of data for the Republic of Ireland

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 683-693

  Pringle, D G ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Early life influences; Foetal development; Heart disease; Infant mortality; Republic of Ireland

Indexed keywords

EARLY LIFE INFLUENCE; FOETAL DEVELOPMENT; ISOCHAEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIVING STANDARDS; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; IRELAND; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; IRELAND; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY;

IRELAND;

EID: 0032031849     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00177-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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