Rationale and design of South Asian Birth Cohort (START): A Canada-India collaborative study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Anand, Sonia S ^a,b,c   Vasudevan, Anil ^e   Gupta, Milan ^a,d   Morrison, Katherine ^a,c   Kurpad, Anura ^e   Teo, Koon K ^a,c   Srinivasan, Krishnamachari ^e  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c HAMILTON HEALTH SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d Canadian Cardiovascular Research Network   (Canada)

^e ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Birth cohort; Canada; Early origins; India; Insulin resistance; South Asian

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CANADA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CANADA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872811424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-79     Document Type: Article

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