The effect of small class sizes on mortality through age 29 years: Evidence from a multicenter randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 173, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1468-1474

  Muennig, Peter ^a   Johnson, Gretchen ^a   Wilde, Elizabeth Ty ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; cognition; educational status; minority health; mortality; poverty; social conditions

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; ETHNICITY; GROUP SIZE; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BEHAVIOR; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CLASS SIZE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TENNESSEE; YOUNG ADULT;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79958853067     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr011     Document Type: Article

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