Birth dimensions, parental mortality, and mortality in early adult age: A cohort study of Danish men born in 1953

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-99

  Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^a   Osler, Merete ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birth length; Birthweight; Intergenerational influences; Mortality; Programming hypothesis

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CALCULATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FETUS DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LIFESPAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; MORTALITY; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY CONSTITUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LONGEVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4644271040     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg195     Document Type: Article

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