Original Contribution Why Do Children from Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Families Suffer from Poor Health When They Reach Adulthood? A Life-Course Study
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1 MRC Social, Genetic and Developmental Psychiatry Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom. 2 Departments of Psychology and Neuroscience and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, NC. 3 INSERM U687-IFR69, Hôpital National de Saint-Maurice, Saint-Maurice, France. 4 Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
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Why do children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families suffer from poor health when they reach adulthood? A life-course study.
The authors investigated what risk factors contribute to an excess risk of poor adult health among children who experience socioeconomic disadvantage. Data came from 1,037 children born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1972-1973, who were followed from birth to age 32 years (2004-2005). Childhood socioeconomic status (SES) was measured at multiple points between birth and age 15 years. Risk factors ...
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