Height in young adulthood and risk of death from cardiorespiratory disease: A prospective study of male former students of Glasgow University, Scotland

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 683-687

  McCarron, Peter ^a,d   Okasha, Mona ^b   McEwen, James ^c   Smith, George Davey ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular diseases; Cohort studies; Coronary disease; Mortality; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEATH; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037090055     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/155.8.683     Document Type: Article

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