Intergenerational determinants of offspring size at birth: A life course and graphical analysis using the aberdeen children of the 1950s study (ACONF)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 749-759

  Morton, Susan M B ^a,b   De Stavola, Bianca L ^b   Leon, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

Intergenerational; Life course; Longitudinal; Pregnancy outcome; Size at birth

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH POLICY; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSFER; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEONATE; OPTIMIZATION; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; DELIVERY; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; GRANDPARENT; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOTHER; OFFSPRING SIZE; PARENT; PARITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; AGE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84902653059     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu028     Document Type: Article

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