Parent-child relationships and health problems in adulthood in three UK national birth cohort studies

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 640-646

  Stewart Brown, Sarah L ^a   Fletcher, Lynn ^b   Wadsworth, Michael E J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult health; Longitudinal studies; Parent child relationships

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; BIRTH; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATHER; FATHER CHILD RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 29044433845     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cki049     Document Type: Review

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