A structural equation model of the developmental origins of blood pressure

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 538-548

  Dahly, D L ^a,b   Adair, L S ^a,b   Bollen, K A ^b,c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Blood pressure; Developmental origins; Structural equation model

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MODELING; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CEBU LONGITUDINAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION SURVEY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FILIPINO; HEALTH STATISTICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LATENT FETAL ENVIRONMENT; MALE; NUTRITION; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, CARDIOVASCULAR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64349122911     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn242     Document Type: Article

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