Associations between birth characteristics and eating disorders across the life course: Findings from 2 million males and females born in Sweden, 1975-1998

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 179, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 852-863

  Goodman, Anna ^a,b   Heshmati, Amy ^a   Malki, Ninoa ^c   Koupil, Ilona ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

birth characteristics; eating disorders; females; life course; males; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREGNANCY; RESEARCH WORK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BULIMIA; DOSE RESPONSE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE PREGNANCY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREPREGNANCY CARE; SMOKING; SWEDEN; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN;

BIRTH CHARACTERISTICS; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALES; LIFE COURSE; MALES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BIRTH WEIGHT; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EATING DISORDERS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE BIRTH OFFSPRING; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896954456     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwt445     Document Type: Article

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