From paediatrics to geriatrics: a life course perspective on the MRC National Survey of Health and Development

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1069-1079

  Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CLINICAL STUDY; DISEASES; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; FUTUROLOGY; GERIATRICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; NEUROSCIENCE; PEDIATRICS; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; AGED; CHILD; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL MEDICINE; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CHILD; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; PEDIATRICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL MEDICINE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED KINGDOM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 85006958572     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-016-0214-y     Document Type: Article

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