Exogenous determinants of early-life conditions, and mortality later in life

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1591-1598

  van den Berg, Gerard J ^a   Doblhammer, Gabriele ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Business cycle; Denmark; Developmental origins; Early life conditions; Life course; Life expectancy; Mortality; Recession

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; BUSINESS; ECONOMIC CONDITIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HISTORY; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; TIME SERIES; TWINNING; WEATHER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; REGISTER; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL RATE;

COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; ECONOMICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOOD; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LONGEVITY; MALE; MODELS, ECONOMIC; MORTALITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TWIN STUDIES AS TOPIC;

DENMARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 65249153047     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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