The influence of birth weight and body mass in early adulthood on early coronary heart disease risk among Danish men born in 1953

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-61

  Osler, Merete ^a,b   Lund, Rikke ^b   Kriegbaum, Margit ^b   Andersen, Anne Marie Nybo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Birth weight; BMI; Coronary heart disease; Educational status; Over weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE REPORT; CORONARY RISK; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; OBESITY;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY DISEASE; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60449103705     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-008-9301-z     Document Type: Article

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