Cardiovascular mortality in relation to birth weight of children and grandchildren in 500 000 Norwegian families

European Heart Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 44, 2013, Pages 3427-3436

  Naess, Oyvind ^a,b   Stoltenberg, Camilla ^a   Hoff, Dominic A ^a   Nystad, Wenche ^a   Magnus, Per ^a,b   Tverdal, Aage ^a   Smith, George Davey ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Cardiovascular diseases; Family characteristics; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; FATHER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOTHER; NORWAY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; MORTALITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIRTH WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FATHERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTHERS; NORWAY; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SMOKING;

EID: 84890486728     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehs298     Document Type: Article

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