Diarrhoea in childhood and cause-specific mortality in older age: Analyses of 5642 deaths in 33 261 individuals from the Hertfordshire studies

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 494-496

  Batty, G David ^a   Smith, George Davey ^b   Cooper, Cyrus ^c   Gale, Catharine R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

children; coronary heart disease; diarrhoea; mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; INFANT;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY DISEASE; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 55249097206     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: 20474881     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HJR.0b013e3282ffaffa     Document Type: Article

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