Examining life-course influences on chronic disease: the importance of birth cohort studies from low- and middle- income countries. An overview
The objectives of this overview are to describe the past and potential contributions of birth cohorts to understanding chronic disease aetiology; advance a justification for the maintenance of birth cohorts from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC); provide an audit of birth cohorts from LMIC; an...
Main Authors: | G.D. Batty, J.G. Alves, J Correia, D.A. Lawlor |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2007-09-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2007000900015 |
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