Health across the life span in the United States and England

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 858-865

  Martinson, Melissa L ^a   Teitler, Julien O ^b   Reichman, Nancy E ^c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

age groups; body mass index; cross cultural comparison; health status; population characteristics

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGE CLASS; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CHILD; DATA SET; DIABETES; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPERTENSION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INSURANCE SYSTEM; LONGEVITY; OBESITY; PROTEIN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SMOKING; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANT; LIFESPAN; MALE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; STROKE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ANGINA;

EID: 79953839256     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq325     Document Type: Article

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