Commentary: 'The child is father of the man.' The relationship between child health and adult mortality in the 19th and 20th centuries

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 688-696

  Harris, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; MORTALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CHRONOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATHER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034851544     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.4.688     Document Type: Article

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