Childhood Adversity and Later Mortality in an Urban African American Cohort

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2044-2046

  Juon, Hee Soon ^a   Ensminger, Margaret E ^a   Feehan, Michael ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PLANNING SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGGRESSIVENESS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD CARE; CHILDHOOD ADVERSITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILD WELFARE; ETHNOLOGY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIGRATION; PUNISHMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CARE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHICAGO; CHILD; CHILD REARING; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; PUNISHMENT; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RISK FACTORS; TIME;

EID: 0642368659     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.93.12.2044     Document Type: Article

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