Rising to the challenges and opportunities of life course epidemiology

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 481-483

  Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^a  

^a Department of Social Medicine ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DIETARY INTAKE; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG FUNCTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OBESITY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION MIGRATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

EID: 34547839790     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym116     Document Type: Editorial

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