Social inequalities in health: Next questions and converging evidence

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 901-910

  Marmot, Michael ^a   Ryff, Carol D ^b   Bumpass, Larry L ^b   Shipley, Martin ^a   Marks, Nadine F ^b  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Health inequalities; Health selection; Social causation; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; EDUCATION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; REVIEW; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WELLBEING;

EID: 0030929764     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00194-3     Document Type: Article

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