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IJE Advance Access originally published online on November 26, 2004
International Journal of Epidemiology 2004 33(6):1226-1227; doi:10.1093/ije/dyh340
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IJE vol.33 no.6 © International Epidemiological Association 2004; all rights reserved.

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Commentary: Can conventional migration studies really identify critical age-period effects?

Sanjay Kinra

Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol, Canynge Hall, Whiteladies Road, Bristol BS8 2PR, UK. E-mail: Sanjay.Kinra@bristol.ac.uk

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Schooling et al. examine the association between migration to a more advantaged environment and the subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease.1 Their data show that, compared with those who migrated later in life, those who migrated in the first two decades were at a greater risk of diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, and ischaemic heart disease. From this the authors infer that there may be specific vulnerabilities to environmental change during childhood. They further suggest that the increased risk may be mediated through altered . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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