Association between number of siblings and cause-specific mortality in the Glasgow alumni cohort study

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 89-93

  Galobardes, B ^a   McCarron, P ^b   Jeffreys, M ^c   Davey Smith, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cause specific mortality; Childhood; Early life exposures; Life course; Siblings

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HELICOBACTER INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; STOMACH CANCER; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SCOTLAND; SIBLINGS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 38649136967     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-007-9210-6     Document Type: Article

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