Childhood socioeconomic position, educational attainment, and adult cardiovascular Risk Factors: The Aberdeen children of the 1950s cohort study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1245-1251

  Lawlor, Debbie A ^a   Batty, G David ^f   Morton, Susan M B ^b   Clark, Heather ^c   Macintyre, Sally ^d   Leon, David A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f Canynge Hall ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 21144438274     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.041129     Document Type: Article

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