Impact of low birth weight and cardiovascular risk factors on endothelial function in early adult life

Circulation

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1264-1268

  Leeson, C P M ^a,b   Kattenhorn, M ^a,b   Morley, R ^c   Lucas, A ^b   Deanfield, J E ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Endothelium; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; BODY MASS; BRACHIAL ARTERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CELL FUNCTION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0035814963     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.103.9.1264     Document Type: Article

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