Life course body size and lipid levels at 53 years in a British birth cohort

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 215-220

  Skidmore, Paula M L ^a,b   Hardy, Rebecca J ^c   Kuh, Diana J ^c   Langenberg, Claudia ^c   Wadsworth, Michael E J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; COHORT ANALYSIS; GROWTH; LENGTH-WEIGHT RELATIONSHIP; LIPID;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34147208073     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2006.047571     Document Type: Article

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