The role of birth cohorts in studies of adult health: The New York women's birth cohort

Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 431-445

  Terry, Mary Beth ^a,b   Flom, Julie ^a   Tehranifar, Parisa ^a   Susser, Ezra ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^b Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth cohorts; Childhood weight; Ethnic origins; Recall bias; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAUGHTER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIFE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOTHER; NEGRO; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PARITY; PATERNAL AGE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT EFFECT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MOTHERS; NEW YORK; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 68849120014     PISSN: 02695022     EISSN: 13653016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3016.2009.01061.x     Document Type: Article

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