Growth of girls who later develop coronary heart disease

Heart

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-24

  Forsen T ^b   Osmond, C ^a   Eriksson, J G ^b   Barker, D J P ^a  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0346690035     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.90.1.20     Document Type: Article

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