Body size at birth and blood pressure among children in developing countries

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 52-57

  Law, C M ^a   Egger, P ^a,h   Dada, O ^b   Delgado, H ^c   Kylberg, E ^d   Lavin, P ^e   Tang, G H ^f   Von Hertzen, H ^g   Shiell, A W ^a   Barker, D J P ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b OLABISI ONABANJO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama Guatemala   (Guatemala)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e HOSPITAL BARROS LUCO TRUDEAU   (Chile)

^f Sichuan Family Planning Research Institute   (China)

^g WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^h GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Epidemiology; Population; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING WORLD; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SIZE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDBIRTH; CHILE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GUATEMALA; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0035097663     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.1.52     Document Type: Article

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