Cohort profile: 1958 British birth cohort (National Child Development Study)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-41

  Power, Chris ^a   Elliott, Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; LIFESTYLE; MATERNAL CARE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; STILLBIRTH; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 32144461525     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyi183     Document Type: Article

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