A life course approach to diabetes

A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Forouhi, Nita ^a   Hall, Elizabeth ^b   McKeigue, Paul ^b  

^a Brent Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

Adult obesity; Epidemiological studies; Insulin resistance; Low birth weight; Material hyperglycemia; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922980288     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198578154.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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