Prenatal famine exposure and adult mortality from cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other causes through age 63 years

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 181, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 271-279

  Ekamper, Peter ^a   Van Poppel, Frans ^a,b   Stein, Aryeh D ^c   Bijwaard, Govert E ^a   Lumey, L H ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

^e LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cohort studies; Dutch Hunger Winter; Famine; Fetal origins; Prenatal exposure delayed effects; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMINE; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MORTALITY RISK; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPIRICISM; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; FOLLOW UP; GESTATION PERIOD; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY SERVICE; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STARVATION;

NETHERLANDS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, FIRST; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STARVATION;

EID: 84941631915     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu288     Document Type: Article

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