Do race, neglect, and childhood poverty predict physical health in adulthood? A multilevel prospective analysis

Child Abuse and Neglect

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 414-424

  Nikulina, Valentina ^a   Widom, Cathy Spatz ^a  

^a JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood neglect; Childhood poverty; Physical health; Prospective design; Race

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NEGLECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG FUNCTION; NEGRO; NEIGHBORHOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84898547744     PISSN: 01452134     EISSN: 18737757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.09.007     Document Type: Article

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