The Role of Psychosocial Processes in Explaining the Gradient Between Socioeconomic Status and Health

Current Directions in Psychological Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 119-123

  Adler, Nancy E ^a   Snibbe, Alana Conner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Psychosocial mediators; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic status; Stress

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042919356     PISSN: 09637214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8721.01245     Document Type: Article

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