Early-Life Socioeconomic Status and Mortality at Three Life Course Stages: An Increasing Within-Cohort Inequality

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 181-195

  Pudrovska, Tetyana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

early life; fundamental cause; gender; health behaviors; life course; mortality; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901443809     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146514531986     Document Type: Article

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