Contribution of parental blood pressures to association between low birth weight and adult high blood pressure: Cross sectional study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 316, Issue 7134, 1998, Pages 834-837

  Walker, Brian R ^a   McConnachie, Alex ^b   Noon, Joseph P ^a   Webb, David J ^a   Watt, Graham C M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0032515829     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.316.7134.834     Document Type: Article

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