Commentary: Do older men and women gain equally from improving childhood conditions?

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1270-1271

  Crimmins, Eileen M ^a   Finch, Caleb E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INFECTION; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MATERNAL WELFARE; MORTALITY; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33750215793     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl194     Document Type: Note

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