Hospitalized prenatal and childhood infections and obesity in Danish male conscripts

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 307-313

  Cocoros, Noelle M ^a,b   Lash, Timothy L ^b,c   Nørgaard, Mette ^b   Farkas, Dóra Körmendiné ^b   DeMaria, Alfred ^a   Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Etiology; Infection; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD INFECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE REGISTRY; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878014094     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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