Educational inequalities in health behaviors at midlife: Is there a role for early-life cognition?

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 323-340

  Clouston, Sean A P ^a   Richards, Marcus ^b   Cadar, Dorina ^b   Hofer, Scott M ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol drinking; Cognition; Education; Health behavior; Life course analysis; Physical exercise; Smoking

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84939169577     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146515594188     Document Type: Article

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