Weight and length at birth and their relationship to diabetes incidence and all-cause mortality-A 32-year follow-up of the population study of women in Gothenburg, Sweden

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 127-133

  Lapidus, Leif ^a,b   Andersson, Susan W ^a,c   Bengtsson, Calle ^a   Björkelund, Cecilia ^a   Rossander Hulthén, Lena ^a   Lissner, Lauren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth length; Birth weight; Diabetes; Population study; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MENSTRUATION; MIDWIFE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MENSTRUATION; MIDWIFERY; SWEDEN;

EID: 50849145159     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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