Infant mortality and diminished entelechy in three European countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1617-1624

  Bruckner, Tim A ^a   Catalano, Ralph A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort effects; Critical period; Europe; Fetal origins; Historical demography; Infant mortality; Life course; Lifespan; Population health

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HISTORY; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION MODELING; TIME SERIES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DIMINISHED ENTELECHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EVENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COHORT EFFECT; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE TABLES; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; SWEDEN;

DENMARK; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 65249091993     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.011     Document Type: Article

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