+ Author Affiliations
- 1Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London, London, UK
- 2New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities, University of Otago, Wellington, New Zealand
- 3MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing, London, UK
- Correspondence to Ingrid Giesinger, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, 1-19 Torrington Place, London, WC1E 6BT, UK;i.giesinger.11@alumni.ucl.ac.uk
- Received 23 July 2013
- Revised 14 October 2013
- Accepted 17 October 2013
- Published Online First 18 November 2013
Abstract
Background A large part of the socioeconomic mortality gradient can be statistically accounted for by social patterning of adult health behaviours. However, this statistical explanation does not consider the early life origins of unhealthy behaviours and increased mortality risk./.../
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