The shape of health to come: Prospective study of the determinants of 30-year health trajectories in the Alameda County Study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 542-548

  Kaplan, George A ^a   Baltrus, Peter T ^b   Raghunathan, Trivellore E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Depression; Life course; Obesity; Smoking; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

AGING; DISABILITY; DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; MORTALITY RISK; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CALIFORNIA; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

ALAMEDA COUNTY; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34547830393     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dym008     Document Type: Article

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