Life course exposure and later disease: A follow-up study based on medical examinations carried out in Glasgow University (1948-68)

Public Health

Volumn 113, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 265-271

  McCarron, P ^a   Davey Smith, G ^a   Okasha, M ^a   McEwen, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disease; Exposures; Follow up; Glasgow University; Life course

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC RESEARCH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; LIFE HISTORY; MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

GLASGOW; SCOTLAND(STRATHCLYDE); UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033402886     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ph.1900599     Document Type: Article

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