Childhood deprivation, health and development: Associations with adult health in the 1958 and 1970 British prospective birth cohort studies

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 599-606

  Mensah, F K ^a   Hobcraft, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; COGNITION; HOUSING; MENTAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 46949089605     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2007.065706     Document Type: Article

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