Cohort profile: The KPSC children's health study, a population-based study of 920 000 children and adolescents in southern California

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 627-633

  Koebnick, Corinna ^a   Coleman, Karen J ^a   Black, Mary Helen ^a   Smith, Ning ^a   Der sarkissian, Jack K ^b   Jacobsen, Steven J ^a   Porter, Amy H ^b  

^a Kaiser Permanente Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b Southern California Permanente Medical Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864529044     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyq252     Document Type: Article

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