Growth and chronic disease: Findings in the Helsinki Birth Cohort

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 445-458

  Barker, David J P ^a,b   Osmond, Clive ^a   Kajantie, Eero ^c   Eriksson, Johan G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Infant growth; Prenatal growth; Pubertal growth

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES; GROWTH RATE; MALNUTRITION; SEXUAL MATURITY;

ETELA SUOMEN; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; HELSINKI; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROWTH DISORDER; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 70449629775     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460902980295     Document Type: Article

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