Prenatal or early postnatal events predict infectious deaths in young adulthood in rural Africa

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1088-1095

  Moore, Sophie E ^a,b   Cole, Timothy J ^a,c   Collinson, Andrew C ^a   Poskitt, Elizabeth M E ^a   McGregor, Ian A ^d   Prentice, Andrew M ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Previously of MRC Laboratories   (Gambia)

Author keywords

Adult mortality infection; Immunity; Intrauterine growth retardation; Maternal nutrition; Placental function; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GAMBIA; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INFANT NUTRITION; INFECTION; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 0033401411     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/28.6.1088     Document Type: Article

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