The effects of childhood health on adult health and SES in China

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-155

  Smith, James P ^a   Shen, Yan ^b   Strauss, John ^c   Zhe, Yang ^b,d   Zhao, Yaohui ^b  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

CHINA;

EID: 84866713381     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/666952     Document Type: Conference Paper

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