Commentary: Personality and the socioeconomic-health gradient

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 975-977

  Poulton, Richie ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION; EMOTIONALITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IRRITABILITY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROSIS; NOTE; PERSONALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TYPE A BEHAVIOR;

HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; PERSONALITY; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0347286804     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg236     Document Type: Note

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