Adult blood pressure and climate conditions in infancy: A test of the hypothesis that dehydration in infancy is associated with higher adult blood pressure

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 163, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 608-614

  Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Smith, George Davey ^a   Mitchell, Richard ^b   Ebrahim, Shah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Climate; Dehydration; Growth and development; Infant

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

DEHYDRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLIMATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; LIFE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUMMER; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WEATHER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33645295225     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwj085     Document Type: Article

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