Social class across the life course and physical activity at age 34 years in the 1970 British birth cohort

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 641-647.e1

  Juneau, Carl Etienne ^a   Sullivan, Alice ^a   Dodgeon, Brian ^b   CÔté, Sylvana ^a   Ploubidis, George B ^b   Potvin, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Exercise; Health; Longitudinal studies; Public health; Social class

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BIRTH; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LEISURE; LIFE COURSE; LIFE CYCLE; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905994525     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2014.06.096     Document Type: Article

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