What the future held: Childhood psychosocial adversity is associated with health deterioration through adulthood in a cohort of British women

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 519-525

  Nettle, Daniel ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse childhood experiences; Biological embedding; C reactive protein; Early life adversity; Life history; Psychosocial stress; Weathering hypothesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908037416     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2014.07.002     Document Type: Article

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