Early life financial adversity and respiratory function in midlife: A prospective birth cohort study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 33-42

  Bartley, Mel ^a   Kelly, Yvonne ^b   Sacker, Amanda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cohort studies; education; housing; longitudinal studies; poverty; respiratory function tests; smoking

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HOUSING CONDITIONS; POVERTY; RESPIRATION; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROWDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOUSING; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; GREAT BRITAIN; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84555209149     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr284     Document Type: Article

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