Commentary: The place in life course research of validated measures of socioeconomic position

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 139-140

  Blane, David ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LIFESTYLE; NOTE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOCIOLOGY;

AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MEDICINE;

EID: 32144457148     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi217     Document Type: Note

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