Families and Child Health

by Alan Booth, Nancy S. Landale, Susan M. McHale

Book Overview

​​In recent years, there has been an explosion of research on the early origins of adult health. A growing body of evidence documents that maternal health before conception, prenatal and perinatal exposures, and conditions in childhood play critical roles in health over the life course. Scientific understanding of the multiple and interacting influences on child health and their role in later health continues to evolve rapidly, but greater...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461461936
• ISBN13: 9781461461937
• Release Date: February 2013
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"