Social psychological mediators of the relationship between demographic factors and health outcomes: A theoretical model and some preliminary data

Psychology and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 5-22

  Rutter, D R ^a   Quine, Lyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health outcomes; Social inputs; Social psychological mediators

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030526114     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870449608401974     Document Type: Article

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