Type 2 diabetes in grandparents and birth weight in offspring and grandchildren in the ALSPAC study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 517-522

  McCarron, P ^a   Davey Smith, G ^b   Hattersley, A T ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIABETES;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BABY; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PARENT; PREMATURE LABOR; PROGENY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDY;

AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PEDIGREE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 2442644987     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2003.007989     Document Type: Article

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