Sicioeconomic pathways between childhood and adult health

A Life Course Approach to Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages

  Kuh, Diana ^a,b   Power, Chris ^c   Blane, David ^d   Bartley, Mel ^b  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult disease outcomes; Biological risk factors; Socioeconomic environment; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922980977     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198578154.003.0016     Document Type: Chapter

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