Childhood Socioeconomic Status Predicts Physical Functioning a Half Century Later
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Childhood socioeconomic status predicts physical functioning a half century later.
BACKGROUND Socioeconomic status (SES) affects health outcomes at all stages of life. Relating childhood socioeconomic environment to midlife functional status provides a life course perspective on childhood factors associated with poor and good health status later in life. METHODS The British 1946 birth cohort was prospectively evaluated with periodic examinations from birth through age 53 ye...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1079-5006,1758-535X
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/61.7.694