Early childhood health, reproduction of economic inequalities and the persistence of health and mortality differentials

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1574-1582

  Palloni, Alberto ^a   Milesi, Carolina ^b   White, Robert G ^c   Turner, Alyn ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood health; Health selection; Life course; Mortality; Social inequality in health status; Socioeconomic status (SES); UK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COHORT EFFECT; COHORT STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS; MORTALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65249102902     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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