Childhood socioeconomic circumstances and cause-specific mortality in adulthood: Systematic review and interpretation

Epidemiologic Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue , 2004, Pages 7-21

  Galobardes, Bruna ^a   Lynch, John W ^b   Smith, George Davey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ALCOHOLISM; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG DISEASE; MIGRATION; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; VIOLENCE;

ACCIDENTS; ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 3042726904     PISSN: 0193936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/epirev/mxh008     Document Type: Review

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