Childhood social class and adult adiposity and blood-pressure trajectories 36-53 years: Gender-specific results from a British birth cohort

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 512-518

  Strand, Bjørn Heine ^a,b   Murray, Emily T ^a,b   Guralnik, Jack ^b   Hardy, Rebecca ^a   Kuh, Diana ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FAT; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH POLICY; HYPERTENSION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84864008937     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.115220     Document Type: Article

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