The Walker Project: A longitudinal study of 48 000 children born 1952-1966 (aged 36-50 years in 2002) and their families

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 302-312

  Libby, Gillian ^a,b   Smith, Anne ^a   McEwan, Neil F ^a   Chien, Patrick F W ^a   Greene, Stephen A ^a   Forsyth, J Stewart ^a   Crombie, Iain K ^a   Macdonald, Thomas M ^a   Morris, Andrew D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b Health Informatics Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH; CHILD CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FAMILY; LABOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BIRTH RATE; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; REGISTRIES; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 3342917199     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2004.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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