Socioeconomic inequalities in infant temperament: The Generation R Study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 87-95

  Jansen, Pauline W ^a   Raat, Hein ^a   Mackenbach, Johan P ^a   Jaddoe, Vincent W V ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Verhulst, Frank C ^a   Tiemeier, Henning ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Explanatory mechanisms; Infant; Socioeconomic status; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHERS; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 59349083818     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0416-z     Document Type: Article

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