Measuring early childhood health and health disparities: A new approach

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1852-1861

  Hillemeier, Marianne M ^a,b   Lanza, Stephanie T ^a   Landale, Nancy S ^a   Oropesa, R S ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health status; Health disparities; Low birth weight; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893655211     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-012-1205-6     Document Type: Article

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