Causes and consequences of early-life health

Demography

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL.1, 2010, Pages

  Case, Anne ^a   Paxson, Christina ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79952255925     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.2010.0007     Document Type: Article

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