Does childhood health affect chronic morbidity in later life?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1269-1284

  Blackwell, Debra L ^a   Hayward, Mark D ^b   Crimmins, Eileen M ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult health; Childhood health; Health and retirement study; Socioeconomic status; USA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CANCER; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PREDICTION; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035145566     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00230-6     Document Type: Article

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