Adult height and lung function as markers of life course exposures: Associations with risk factors and cause-specific mortality

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 795-801

  Batty, G David ^a   Gunnell, David ^b   Langenberg, Claudia ^c   Smith, George Davey ^b   Marmot, Michael G ^c   Shipley, Martin J ^c  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPIROMETRY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY HEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33845365941     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-006-9057-2     Document Type: Article

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