Socioeconomic position in childhood and early adult life and risk of mortality: A prospective study of the mothers of the 1958 British birth cohort

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1396-1402

  Power, Chris ^a   Hyppönen, Elina ^b   Smith, George Davey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH CANCER; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 19744375047     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.047340     Document Type: Article

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