Do early-life conditions predict functional health status in adulthood? The case of Mexico

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 100-107

  Huang, Cheng ^a   Soldo, Beth J ^b   Elo, Irma T ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Early life conditions; Functional limitations; Health behavior; Life course; Mexico

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH STATUS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ADULT LOWER BODY FUNCTIONAL LIMITATION; ADULTHOOD; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BED HUNGRY; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD; CHRONIC PAIN; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUNGER; INCOME; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEXICO; MIGRATION; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; OFFICE WORKER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM; UNDERWEIGHT;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILITY LIMITATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 78650178595     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.09.040     Document Type: Article

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