Invited commentary: Socioeconomic status, hostility, and health behaviors - Does it matter which comes first?

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 743-746

  Williams, Redford B ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEREDITY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; MODEL; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NOTE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0141997862     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwg205     Document Type: Note

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