Do childhood and adult socioeconomic circumstances influence health and physical function in middle-age?

This study examines the joint and separate contribution of social class in early and adult life to differences in health and physical function in middle-aged men. We use data from the Metropolit project which includes men born in 1953 in Copenhagen and a study of middle-aged Danish twins (MADT). In...

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Published in:	Social Science & Medicine Vol. 68; no. 8; pp. 1425 - 1432
Main Authors:	Osler, Merete, Madsen, Mia, Andersen, Ann-Marie Nybo, Avlund, Kirsten, McGue, Matt, Jeune, Bernard, Christensen, Kaare
Format:	Article
Published:	Elsevier Science April 2009
Subjects:	Health & social status Children's health Public health Middle-aged men Health Denmark
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