Socioeconomic disadvantage in adolescent women and metabolic syndrome in mid-adulthood: An examination of pathways of embodiment in the Northern Swedish Cohort

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1630-1638

  Gustafsson, Per E ^a   Hammarström, Anne ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Embodiment; Gender; Life course; Metabolic syndrome; Socioeconomic status; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENARCHE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OCCUPATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCTIVE HISTORY; RISK FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 84859743042     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.01.044     Document Type: Article

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