A lifecourse approach to health development: Implications for the maternal and child health research agenda

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 497-510

  Russ, Shirley A ^a   Larson, Kandyce ^a,b   Tullis, Ericka ^a   Halfon, Neal ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health development; Lifecourse; Maternal and child health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPIGENETICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MATERNAL WELFARE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STANDARD; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CRITICAL PERIOD (PSYCHOLOGY); EPIGENOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MATERNAL WELFARE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH;

EID: 84894906909     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-013-1284-z     Document Type: Article

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