Head size at birth and long-term mortality from coronary heart disease

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 955-962

  Risnes, Kari R ^a,b   Nilsen, Tom I L ^a   Romundstad, Pål R ^a   Vatten, Lars J ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Birth size; Coronary heart disease; Head circumference; Mortality

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL HEIGHT; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CEPHALOMETRY; CORONARY DISEASE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEAD; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY;

EID: 68849108074     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp169     Document Type: Article

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