Cohort profile: Mandela's children: The 1990 birth to twenty study in South Africa

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 504-511

  Richter, Linda ^a   Norris, Shane ^b   Pettifor, John ^b   Yach, Derek ^c   Cameron, Noel ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MASS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; WELLBEING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PATIENT SELECTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547830396     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym016     Document Type: Article

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