Preventing long-term welfare receipt: The theoretical relationship between health and poverty over the early life course

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2285-2301

  Nielsen, Marcia J ^a,c   Juon, Hee Soon ^b   Ensminger, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bio social; Health; Health selection; Long term welfare receipt; Poverty; Social causation

Indexed keywords

ETHNIC MINORITY; HEALTH STATUS; POVERTY; WELFARE PROVISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WELFARE; TIME FACTORS;

CHICAGO; ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644356894     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.03.022     Document Type: Article

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