Infant mortality, season of birth and the health of older Puerto Rican adults

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1004-1015

  McEniry, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Aging; Diabetes; Early life conditions; Heart disease; In utero conditions; Infant mortality; Puerto Rico; Season of birth

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; BIRTH RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIABETES; DISEASE PREVALENCE; INFANT MORTALITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ADULT DISEASE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIRTH RATE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PUERTO RICO; SEASON OF BIRTH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; SEASONS; SOCIAL CLASS;

PUERTO RICO;

EID: 79953125907     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.08.026     Document Type: Article

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