Does exposure to infectious diseases in infancy affect old-age mortality? Evidence from a pre-industrial population

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1609-1616

  Gagnon, Alain ^a   Mazan, Ryan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Cohort effects; Epidemics; Historical demography; Infant mortality; Longevity; Period effects

Indexed keywords

AGE; CHILD HEALTH; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EPIDEMIC; HISTORY; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; LONGEVITY; MORTALITY; SEVENTEENTH CENTURY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT DISEASE; INFANT MORTALITY; INFECTION; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LONGEVITY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAR;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 65249118278     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.008     Document Type: Article

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