A prospective study of limiting longstanding illness in early adulthood

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 131-139

  Power, Chris ^a   Li, Leah ^a   Manor, Orly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Disability; Longitudinal cohort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033993544     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/29.1.131     Document Type: Article

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