Introduction

A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Kuh, Diana ^a,b   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Adult risk factors; Childhood; Chronic disease; In utero; Life course epidemiology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923018161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198578154.003.0001     Document Type: Editorial

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