Challenges and novel approaches in the epidemiological study of early life influences on later disease

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 646, Issue , 2009, Pages 1-14

  Smith, George Davey ^a   Leary, Sam ^a   Ness, Andy ^a   Lawlor, Debbie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Developmental origins; Family studies; Mendelian randomization

Indexed keywords

5,10 METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (FADH2); ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID;

ADULT DISEASE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST FEEDING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MENDELIAN RANDOMIZATION ANALYSIS; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VITAMIN INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

CAUSALITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS;

EID: 70349260591     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9173-5_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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