Tracking exposure to child poverty during the first 10 years of life in a Quebec birth cohort

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 270-276

  Séguin, Louise ^a,b,c   Nikiéma, Béatrice ^a,c   Gauvin, Lise ^a,b,c,d   Lambert, Marie ^e   Tu, Mai Thanh ^a,c   Kakinami, Lisa ^f   Paradis, Gilles ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b IRSPUM   (Canada)

^c International Network for Research on Inequalities in Child Health (INRICH)   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth cohort; Child health; Child low SES; Child poverty; Longitudinal study; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867317314     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03404234     Document Type: Article

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