Birthweight and coronary heart disease in a cohort born 1857-1900 in Melbourne, Australia

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 880-885

  Morley, Ruth ^a   McCalman, Janet ^a   Carlin, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Cause of death; Coronary heart disease; Historical cohort study; Poverty

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR;

AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CODING AND CLASSIFICATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY RISK; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL;

AGED; AUSTRALIA; BIRTH WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 33749625433     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl032     Document Type: Article

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