An inverse relation between blood pressure and birth weight among 5 year old children from Soweto, South Africa

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 264-268

  Levitt, Naomi S ^a   Steyn, Krisella ^b   De Wet, Thea ^b   Morrell, Christopher ^c   Edwards, Richard ^d   Ellison, George T H ^e,f   Cameron, Noel ^g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e University Clinic   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^h LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; URBAN AREA;

GAUTENG PROVINCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOWETO;

EID: 0032916808     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.53.5.264     Document Type: Article

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