Physical health status at 36 years in a British national birth cohort

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 905-916

  Kuh, D J L ^a   Wadsworth, M E J ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

childhood illness; health status; longitudinal; social factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0027181816     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0277-9536(93)90145-T     Document Type: Article

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