The association of adolescent socioeconomic position and adult height: Variation across racial/ethnic groups

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 178-184

  Richmond, Tracy K ^a   Walls, Courtney E ^a   Subramanian, S V ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Height; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MOTHER; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875255680     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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