Cohort profile: The amsterdam growth and health longitudinal study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 422-429

  Wijnstok, Nienke J ^a,b   Hoekstra, Trynke ^b,c   van Mechelen, Willem ^d   Kemper, Han C G ^d   Twisk, Jos W R ^b,c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; INTERLEUKIN 6; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATABASE; FITNESS; HEALTH RISK; LIFESTYLE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADOLESCENT SMOKING; ADULTHOOD; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMSTERDAM GROWTH AND HEALTH LONGITUDINAL STUDY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTERIAL STIFFNESS; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BONE DENSITY; BONE MASS; CALCIUM INTAKE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FITNESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENARCHE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICAL FITNESS; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

AMSTERDAM [NORTH HOLLAND]; NETHERLANDS; NORTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84871676308     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys028     Document Type: Article

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