Adverse childhood experiences and child-to-adult height trajectories in the 1958 British birth cohort

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1399-1409

  Denholm, Rachel ^a   Power, Chris ^a   Li, Leah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child adversity; Child maltreatment; Child neglect; Cohort study; Height deficit; Height trajectories; Household dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NEGLECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LEG LENGTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT STATURE; ADULT; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BODY SIZE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY RELATION; FAMILY SIZE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH DISORDERS; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEG; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886401494     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt169     Document Type: Article

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