Contribution of Psychosocial Factors to Socioeconomic Differences in Health

Milbank Quarterly

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 403-448

  Marmot, Michael G ^a   Fuhrer, Rebecca ^b   Ettner, Susan L ^b   Marks, Nadine F ^b   Bumpass, Larry L ^b   Ryff, Carol D ^b  

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

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031987178     PISSN: 0887378X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0009.00097     Document Type: Article

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