Commentary: William Ogilvy Kermack and the childhood origins of adult health and disease

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 696-703

  Smith, George Davey ^a   Kuh, Diana ^b  

^a Canynge Hall ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034851736     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.4.696     Document Type: Article

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