Studying the life course health consequences of childhood adversity: challenges and opportunities

Affiliations

¹ From MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit and School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
² From MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit and School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, United Kingdom. d.a.lawlor@bristol.ac.uk.

Editorial

Laura D Howe et al. Circulation. 2015.

. 2015 May 12;131(19):1645-7.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.115.016251. Epub 2015 Apr 9.

¹ From MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit and School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, United Kingdom.
² From MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit and School of Social and Community Medicine, University of Bristol, United Kingdom. d.a.lawlor@bristol.ac.uk.

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; life change events; socioeconomic factors.

Comment on

Adverse childhood experiences and blood pressure trajectories from childhood to young adulthood: the Georgia stress and Heart study.
Su S, Wang X, Pollock JS, Treiber FA, Xu X, Snieder H, McCall WV, Stefanek M, Harshfield GA. Su S, et al. Circulation. 2015 May 12;131(19):1674-81. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.013104. Epub 2015 Apr 9. Circulation. 2015. PMID: 25858196 Free PMC article.

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