Pathways to Health

This book presents a rigorous enquiry into life course processes that are thought to influence health, integrating the latest methodologies for the study of pathways that link socio-demographic circumstances to health with an emphasis on the mediating fac

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George B. Ploubidis · Benedetta Pongiglione · Bianca De Stavola · Rhian Daniel · Lenka Benova · Emily Grundy · Sanna Read

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SpringerBriefs in Population Studies Advisory Editors Baha Abu-Laban, Edmonton, AB, Canada Mark Birkin, Leeds, UK Dudley L. Poston Jr., Department of Sociology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA John Stillwell, Leeds, UK Hans-Werner Wahl, Deutsches Zentrum für Alternsforschung (DZFA), Institut für Gerontologie, Universität Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany D. J. H. Deeg, VU University Medical Centre/LASA, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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George B. Ploubidis Benedetta Pongiglione Bianca De Stavola Rhian Daniel Lenka Benova Emily Grundy Sanna Read •









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George B. Ploubidis Centre for Longitudinal Studies UCL Institute of Education University College London London, UK Bianca De Stavola Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health University College London London, UK Lenka Benova Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, Belgium

Benedetta Pongiglione CERGAS Bocconi University Milano, Italy Rhian Daniel University of Hospital Wales Cardiff University School of Medicine Cardiff, UK Emily Grundy Institute for Social and Economic Research University of Essex Colchester, UK

Sanna Read Personal Social Services Research Unit London School of Economics and Political Science London, UK

ISSN 2211-3215 ISSN 2211-3223 (electronic) SpringerBriefs in Population Studies ISBN 978-94-024-1705-0 ISBN 978-9