Historical Records as a Source of Information for Childhood Socioeconomic Status: Results from a Pilot Study of Decedents

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 357-363

  Rose, Kathryn M ^a   Perhac, J Stephen ^b   Bang, Heejung ^c   Heiss, Gerardo ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth Certificates; Census; Childhood SES; Parental Occupation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SECURITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 44149123342     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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