Childhood migration and cardiovascular risk

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1219-1226

  Schooling, Mary ^a   Leung, Gabriel M ^a   Janus, Edward D ^a,b   Ho, Sai Yin ^a   Hedley, Anthony J ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Wimmera Base Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular disease; Diabetes mellitus; Economic conditions; Hypertension; Life course epidemiology; Migration

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; DIABETES; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; MIGRATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILDHOOD; CHINA; CHINESE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFE EVENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 12344251876     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyh221     Document Type: Article

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