Epidemiological Methods in Life Course Research

1. Introduction: development and progression of life course ideas in epidemiology 2. Measurement and design for life course studies of individual differences and development 3. Measurement and design for life course studies of the social environment and its impact on health 4. Designs for large life course studies of genetic effects 5. Human development, life course, intervention and health 6. The life course plot in life course analysis 7. Methods for handling missing data 8. An overview of models and methods for life course analysis 9. An overview of methods for studying events and their timing

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