Are infant size and growth related to burden of disease in adulthood? A systematic review of literature

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1196-1210

  Fisher, David ^a   Baird, Janis ^a   Payne, Liz ^g   Lucas, Patricia ^b   Kleijnen, Jos ^d,f   Roberts, Helen ^c   Law, Catherine ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f KLEIJNEN SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS LTD   (United Kingdom)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Adult; Chronic disease; Growth; Infant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; GROWTH; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY RISK;

ADULT DISEASE; CHILD GROWTH; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBASE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750206491     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl130     Document Type: Review

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