Genetic mechanisms in the intergenerational transmission of health

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 132-146

  Thompson, Owen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoptees; Genetics; Health transmission

Indexed keywords

DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; HEALTH STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADOPTED CHILD; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HAY FEVER; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERGENERATIONAL HEALTH TRANSMISSION; MALE; MEASUREMENT REPEATABILITY; MIGRAINE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TWINS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTION; ASTHMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENT; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RHINITIS, ALLERGIC, SEASONAL; SOCIAL CLASS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897910864     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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