Cholesterol levels in later life amongst uk Channel islanders exposed to the 1940-45 German occupation as children, adolescents and young adults

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 91-105

  Head, Rosemary F ^a   Gilthorpe, Mark S ^a   Ellison, George T H ^a  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Birth weight; Childhood; Cholesterol; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHANNEL ISLANDS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHOLESTEROL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORLD WAR II; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350103241     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026010600902000202     Document Type: Article

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