Estimated birth weight and adult cardiovascular risk factors in a developing southern Chinese population: A cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Schooling, C M ^a   Jiang, C Q ^b   Lam, T H ^a   Cowling, B J ^a   Au Yeung, S L ^a   Zhang, W S ^b   Cheng, K K ^c   Leung, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Guangzhou Number 12 Hospital   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77952488174     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-270     Document Type: Article

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