Early childhood investments substantially boost adult health

Science

Volumn 343, Issue 6178, 2014, Pages 1478-1485

  Campbell, Frances ^a   Conti, Gabriella ^b   Heckman, James J ^c,d,e   Moon, Seong Hyeok ^c   Pinto, Rodrigo ^c   Pungello, Elizabeth ^a   Pan, Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^e AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CHILD CARE; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; METABOLISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAMINGHAM RISK SCORE; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PREHYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; WAIST HIP RATIO; BLOOD; BLOOD STORAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; DIET; EARLY INTERVENTION; HEALTH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

CAROLINA; PUERTO RICO;

ADULT; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD PRESERVATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DIET; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X;

EID: 84897016204     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1248429     Document Type: Article

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