The LIFE Child study: a population-based perinatal and pediatric cohort in Germany

European Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 145-158

  Poulain, Tanja ^a   Baber, Ronny ^a   Vogel, Mandy ^a   Pietzner, Diana ^a   Kirsten, Toralf ^a   Jurkutat, Anne ^a   Hiemisch, Andreas ^a   Hilbert, Anja ^a   Kratzsch, Jürgen ^a   Thiery, Joachim ^a   Fuchs, Michael ^a   Hirsch, Christian ^a   Rauscher, Franziska G ^a   Loeffler, Markus ^a   Körner, Antje ^a   Nüchter, Matthias ^a   Kiess, Wieland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; Cohort study; Epidemiology; Longitudinal study; Obesity; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PARENT; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PUBERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; VOICE ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; AGE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85011277036     PISSN: 03932990     EISSN: 15737284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10654-016-0216-9     Document Type: Article

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