The effect of control at home on CHD events in the Whitehall II study: Gender differences in psychosocial domestic pathways to social inequalities in CHD

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1501-1509

  Chandola, Tarani ^a   Kuper, Hannah ^b   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a   Bartley, Mel ^a   Marmot, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control at home; Coronary heart disease; Inequalities in health; Psychosocial effects; UK; Whitehall II study

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROL STRATEGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; WELLBEING; WORK;

EID: 0842348255     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00352-6     Document Type: Article

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