Mediating role of education and lifestyles in the relationship between early-life conditions and health: Evidence from the 1958 British Cohort

Health Economics

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2012, Pages 129-150

  Tubeuf, Sandy ^a   Jusot, Florence ^b   Bricard, Damien ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

Author keywords

cohort; early life conditions; education; lifestyles; random effects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EXERCISE; FATHER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL DISEASE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MODEL; MOTHER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84860614648     PISSN: 10579230     EISSN: 10991050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hec.2815     Document Type: Conference Paper

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