Prospective associations of psychosocial adversity in childhood with risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adulthood: the MRC National Survey of Health and Development

Prospective associations of psychosocial adversity in childhood with risk factors for cardiovascular disease in adulthood: the MRC National Survey of Health and Development

Abstract Background Studies assessing associations of childhood psychosocial adversity (e.g. sexual abuse, physical neglect, parental death), as opposed to socioeconomic adversity, with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in adulthood are scarce. We aimed to assess associations of various form...

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Main Authors: Emma L. Anderson, Rishi Caleyachetty, Mai Stafford, Diana Kuh, Rebecca Hardy, Debbie A. Lawlor, Abigail Fraser, Laura D. Howe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:International Journal for Equity in Health
Subjects:
Psychosocial
Adversity
Childhood
Cardiovascular disease
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12939-017-0656-1

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