Environments for Healthy Living (EFHL) Griffith birth cohort study: Background and methods

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1896-1905

  Cameron, Cate M ^a   Scuffham, Paul A ^a   Spinks, Anneliese ^a,b   Scott, Rani ^a   Sipe, Neil ^a   Ng, Shu Kay ^a   Wilson, Andrew ^c   Searle, Judy ^a   Lyons, Ronan A ^d   Kendall, Elizabeth ^a   Halford, Kim ^e   Griffiths, Lyn R ^a   Homel, Ross ^a   McClure, Roderick J ^a,f  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child; Cohort studies; Epidemiology; Longitudinal studies; Methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FETUS BLOOD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESTYLE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AUSTRALIA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84871732166     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-011-0940-4     Document Type: Article

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