Childhood health status and adulthood cardiovascular disease morbidity in rural china: Are they related?

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Qing ^a   Shen, Jay J ^b  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Cardiovascular disease; Childhood health status; China

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; MORBIDITY; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; ADOLESCENT; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD HEALTH; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

CHINA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84973380261     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13060565     Document Type: Article

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