Living Healthier and Longer: A Life Course Perspective on Education and Health

Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 369-388

  Kirkpatrick Johnson, Monica ^a   Staff, Jeremy ^b   Schulenberg, John E ^c   Patrick, Megan E ^c  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort; College; Education; Health; Life long development; Longevity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85126013095     PISSN: 13896903     EISSN: 2542839X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-20880-0_17     Document Type: Chapter

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