Inter-generational social mobility following early life stress

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 320-328

  Pesonen, Anu Katriina ^a,b   Räikkönen, Katri ^b   Kajantie, Eero ^a,g   Heinonen, Kati ^b   Osmond, Clive ^c   Barker, David J P ^c,f   Forsén, Tom ^d   Eriksson, Johan G ^b,e,g,h  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^d Vaasa Health Care Centre   (Finland)

^e Folkh Ä Lsan Research Centre   (Finland)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^h VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Early life stress; life course; natural experiment; socio economic position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CAREER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EDUCATION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; OCCUPATION; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; WAR;

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY, SEPARATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 79957498343     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: 13652060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2010.549146     Document Type: Article

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