Smith, Ken R.; Mineau, Geraldine Page; Kerber, Richard A.;
citation_other_author
Garibotti, Gilda
citation_title
Effects of childhood and middle-adulthood family conditions on later-life mortality: evidence from the Utah population database, 1850-2002
citation_date
2005-01-05
Description
How do parents affect the health and longevity of their children? Parents can affect their children’s life chances by transmitting a genetic endowment (or liability) for a long life while also providing resources and an environment that enhances (or limits) their children’s longevity. Recently, more attention has been given to the role that very early conditions (including in utero) of childhood have on adult health outcomes ([1-3]). These and other investigators have been raising a fundamental question about human aging and whether the risk of mortality in the latter half of life is already “scripted” based on conditions arising during infancy, childhood, and adolescence.
Type
text;
citation_publisher
University of Utah
citation_firstpage
1850
Citation_lastpage
2002
citation_keywords
Growth; Death; Adolescence; Geriatrics
Subject (LCSH)
Longevity; Family; Mortality
citation_language
eng;
Bibliographic Citation
Smith, K.R., Mineau, G.P., Garibotti, G. & Kerber, R. (2005). Effects of Childhood and Middle-Adulthood Family Conditions on Later-Life Mortality: Evidence from the Utah Population Database, 1850-2002. Utah Demography Research Network, Jan. 28, 2005, 1-38.
