The infant growth of boys who later develop coronary heart disease

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 389-392

  Forsén, Tom J ^a   Eriksson, Johan G ^a   Osmond, Clive ^b   Barker, David J P ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary heart disease; Fetal growth hypothesis; Infant growth; Progamming; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFANCY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; PLACENTA WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4544249988     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07853890410028438     Document Type: Article

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