Early-Life Environmental Exposures and Height, Hypertension, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors among Older Adults in India

Biodemography and Social Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-146

  Ho, Jessica Y ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPLICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; WEATHER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; WEATHER;

EID: 84939533103     PISSN: 19485565     EISSN: 19485573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2015.1045580     Document Type: Article

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