Do differences in childhood circumstances explain US-England health differences at older ages?

http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/6776

James Banks Zoë Oldfield James P Smith
21 July 2011

How much of our health in adulthood and old age is determined by our childhood? Using decades of data from the US and England, this column shows that the US excess in disease is common throughout the age distribution of the population. Moreover, poor childhood health tends to worsen adult health more in the US.

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