Birthweight and blood pressure in five European birth cohort studies: An investigation of confounding factors

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-30

  Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Sovio, Ulla ^b   King, Vanessa J ^b   Skidmore, Paula M L ^a   Helmsdal, Gunnhild ^c   Olsen, Sjurdur F ^c   Emmett, Pauline M ^d   Wadsworth, Michael E J ^a   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^b,e  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Birthweight; Blood pressure; Cohort studies; Confounding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPE; FAROE ISLANDS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 32244445350     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki171     Document Type: Article

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