Life-course influences on health in British adults: Effects of socio-economic position in childhood and adulthood

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 532-539

  Power, Chris ^a   Atherton, Kate ^a   Strachan, David P ^b   Shepherd, Peter ^c   Fuller, Elizabeth ^d   Davis, Adrian ^e   Gibb, Ian ^f   Kumari, Meena ^g   Lowe, Gordon ^h   Macfarlane, Gary J ⁱ   Rahi, Jugnoo ^a   Rodgers, Bryan ^j   Stansfeld, Stephen ^k  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^f ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^j The Australian National University   (Australia)

^k QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Birth cohort; Cardio respiratory disease; Child and adult; Health inequalities; Social class

Indexed keywords

FIBRINOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; DISEASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPIDS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION DISORDERS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; WALES;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547839782     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyl310     Document Type: Article

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