The developmental origins of ageing: Study protocol for the Dutch famine birth cohort study on ageing

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  De Rooij, Susanne R ^a   Roseboom, Tessa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; TELOMERE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84878765989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003167     Document Type: Article

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