Exposure to famine during gestation, size at birth, and blood pressure at age 59 y: Evidence from the dutch famine

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 759-765

  Stein, Aryeh D ^a   Zybert, Patricia A ^b   Van Der Pal De Bruin, Karin ^c   Lumey, L H ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cohort; Famine; Netherlands; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENDER; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETAL NUTRITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MATERNAL NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; STARVATION;

EID: 33845371790     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-006-9065-2     Document Type: Article

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