PARENTAL and SIBLING MIGRATION and HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE among RURAL CHILDREN in China

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 129-142

  Wen, Ming ^a   Li, Kelin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIGRATION; PARENT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SIBLING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHINA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SIBLINGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84949604493     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002193201500005X     Document Type: Article

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