Childhood influences on adult health: a review of recent work from the British 1946 national birth cohort study, the MRC National Survey of Health and Development.

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Published in Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol on January 01, 1997

Authors

M E Wadsworth1, D J Kuh

Author Affiliations

1: MRC National Survey of Health and Development, University College London Medical School, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health.

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