Income inequality and social gradients in children's height: a comparison of cohort studies from five high-income countries

• Main Authors: Vincent W V Jaddoe (Author), Hein Raat (Author), Johnny Ludvigsson (Author), Philippa K Bird (Author), Kate E Pickett (Author), Hilary Graham (Author), Tomas Faresjö (Author), Louise Seguin (Author), Anne I Wijtzes (Author), Jennifer J McGrath (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMJ Publishing Group, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Health and well-being are better, on average, in countries that are more equal, but less is known about how this benefit is distributed across society. Height is a widely used, objective indicator of child health and predictor of lifelong well-being. We compared the level and slope of soc...