Lifetime socioeconomic position and twins' health: an analysis of 308 pairs of United States women twins.

BACKGROUND: Important controversies exist about the extent to which people's health status as adults is shaped by their living conditions in early life compared to adulthood. These debates have important policy implications, and one obstacle to resolving them is the relative lack of sufficient...

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Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2005-07-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020162