The relationship between birth weight and blood pressure amplifies from childhood to adulthood

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 883-888

  Moore, Vivienne M ^a   Cockington, Richard A ^b   Ryan, Philip ^a   Robinson, Jeffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth phenotypes; Birth weight; Blood pressure; Fetal growth

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0032997714     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-199917070-00003     Document Type: Article

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