Does psychological distress contribute to racial and socioeconomic disparities in mortality?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1805-1809

  Fiscella, Kevin ^a   Franks, Peter ^a  

^a Highland Hospital Rochester   (United States)

Author keywords

Mortality; Psychological distress; Race; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY IMPACT; PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS; SOCIOECONOMIC DISPARITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; NEGRO; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

USA;

EID: 0030835048     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00111-1     Document Type: Article

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