Cohort profile: Wisconsin longitudinal study (WLS)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-41

  Herd, Pamela ^a   Carr, Deborah ^b   Roan, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INCOME; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PUBLICATION; WISCONSIN LONGITUDINAL STUDY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WISCONSIN;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SIBLINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84896848861     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys194     Document Type: Article

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