Childhood stunting and mortality between 36 and 64 years: The british 1946 birth cohort study

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2070-2077

  Ong, Ken K ^a,b   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Shah, Imran ^a   Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGING; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY, PREMATURE; PARENTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84877709105     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2012-3595     Document Type: Article

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