Challenges in examining area effects across the life course on physical capability in mid-life: Findings from the 1946 British Birth Cohort

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 366-374

  Murray, Emily T ^a,b   Southall, Humphrey ^c   Aucott, Paula ^c   Tilling, Kate ^d   Kuh, Diana ^a   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Ben Shlomo, Yoav ^d  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Laboratory of Epidemiology   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Area; Capability; Deprivation; Life course; Methodology

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CENSUS; CLASS; DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; METHODOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84856587110     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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