Family socioeconomic status at birth and youth impulsivity at age 15; blacks’ diminished return

Children

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2018, Pages

  Assari, Shervin ^a,b   Caldwell, Cleopatra Howard ^a   Mincy, Ron ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Ethnicity; Impulsivity; Income; Race; Social class; Social determinants of health; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

EID: 85049220037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22279067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/children5050058     Document Type: Article

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