Independent and additive association of prenatal famine exposure and intermediary life conditions with adult mortality between age 18-63 years

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 232-239

  Ekamper, P ^a   van Poppel, F ^a,b   Stein, A D ^c   Lumey, L H ^d  

^a NETHERLANDS INTERDISCIPLINARY DEMOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Delayed effects; Famine; Mortality; Netherlands; Nutrition; Prenatal exposure; World war II

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EDUCATION; FAMINE; HEALTH STATUS; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DUTCHMAN; EARLY LIFE STRESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FOLLOW UP; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOLDIER; WAR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STARVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

NETHERLANDS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STARVATION; WORLD WAR II; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908455441     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.10.027     Document Type: Article

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