Height, wealth, and health: An overview with new data from three longitudinal studies

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 137-152

  Batty, G David ^a,b   Shipley, Martin J ^c   Gunnell, David ^e   Huxley, Rachel ^b   Kivimaki, Mika ^c   Woodward, Mark ^d   Lee, Crystal Man Ying ^b   Smith, George Davey ^e  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cardiovascular disease; Coronary heart disease; Height; Stroke; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SOCIAL CLASS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651226965     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.06.004     Document Type: Article

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