Family-based life course studies in low-and middle-income countries

Family matters: Designing, analysing and understanding family based studies in life course epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Batty, G David ^a   Victora, Cesar G ^b   Lawlor, Debbie A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth cohorts; Data collection; Family studies; Intergenerational studies; Life course epidemiology; LMIC; Research ethics; Sibling studies; Study design; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922760952     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199231034.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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