Lifetime socioeconomic position and twins' health: An analysis of 308 pairs of United States women twins

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 0645-0653

  Krieger, Nancy ^a   Chen, Jarvis T ^a   Coull, Brent A ^a   Selby, Joe V ^b  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; OCCUPATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TWINS; UNITED STATES; ZYGOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME;

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846611396     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0020162     Document Type: Article

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