Correction: Increase in the prevalence of hypertension among adults exposed to the great Chinese famine during early life [Health Prev Med. 22, (2017) (64)] DOI: 10.1186/s12199-017-0671-2;Increase in the prevalence of hypertension among adults exposed to the Great Chinese Famine during early life

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Liu, Lingli ^a   Xu, Xianglong ^a   Zeng, Huan ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Shi, Zumin ^b   Zhang, Fan ^a   Cao, Xianqing ^a   Xie, Yao Jie ^c   Reis, Cesar ^d   Zhao, Yong ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^d LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adulthood; Childhood; Chinese famine; Hypertension; Malnutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; HYPERTENSION; LIFE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINA; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STARVATION;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STARVATION;

EID: 85031709461     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12199-018-0698-z     Document Type: Erratum

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