Is the association between short stature and myocardial infarction explained by childhood exposures-a population-based case referent study (SHEEP)

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 249-258

  Lundberg, Michael ^a   Diderichsen, Finn ^a   Hallqvist, Johan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

case control study; childhood risk factors; epidemiology; fetal growth; height; myocardial infarction; social factors; stature

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; HEART INFARCTION; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT STATURE; SIBLING; SOCIAL CLASS; BODY HEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY SIZE; GESTATIONAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0038180961     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940210133988     Document Type: Article

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