Relationship between childhood socio-economic position and mortality risk in adult males of the Korea Labour and Income Panel Study (KLIPS)

Public Health

Volumn 120, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 724-731

  Khang, Young Ho ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Child; Mortality; Social class; Socio economic factors; South Korea

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; CLASS; EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FATHER; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; KOREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; KOREA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 33746353981     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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