Invited commentary: Does the childhood environment influence the association between every X and every y in adulthood?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 176, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 684-688

  Gilman, Stephen E ^a,b   Loucks, Eric B ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

causal inference; education; health; mortality; siblings; social epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY STRUCTURE; HEALTH IMPACT; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; VULNERABILITY;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; BIRTH ORDER; CAUSAL MODELING; CHILD HEALTH; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY RELATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; LIFESPAN; MATERNAL SMOKING; PARENTHOOD; REVIEW; SIBLING;

CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; POVERTY; SIBLINGS;

DENMARK;

EID: 84867714389     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kws228     Document Type: Review

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