Weight at birth and infancy in relation to adult leukocyte count: A population-based study of 5619 men and women followed from the fetal period to adulthood

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1916-1922

  Canoy, Dexter ^a,b,c   Pouta, Anneli ^a,d   Ruokonen, Aimo ^a   Hartikainen, Anna Liisa ^a   Saikku, Pekka ^a   Järvelin, Marjo Riitta ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; INSULIN;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENTAL CARE; EFFECTOR CELL; FEMALE; FINLAND; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFLAMMATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; METABOLISM; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEACHER; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 66749103848     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-2545     Document Type: Article

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