Open AccessBirth weight of infants and mortality in their parents and grandparents: the Uppsala Birth Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Orly Manor,
Ilona Koupil
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyq046
Subject(s) - grandparent , medicine , birth weight , pediatrics , cohort , low birth weight , cohort study , demography , psychology , pregnancy , developmental psychology , biology , genetics , sociology
Individuals who are small at birth are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease later in life. To enhance understanding of the mechanisms underlying this association we examined the link between infants' birth weight and mortality in their parents and grandparents.
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