A structured approach to modelling the effects of binary exposure variables over the life course

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 528-537

  Mishra, Gita ^a   Nitsch, Dorothea ^b   Black, Stephanie ^a   De Stavola, Bianca ^b   Kuh, Diana ^a   Hardy, Rebecca ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Critical period; Longitudinal studies; Regression analysis; Social class; Social mobility

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DISEASE INCIDENCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MODELING; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 64349084462     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn229     Document Type: Article

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