Cumulative biological risk and socio-economic differences in mortality: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1985-1997

  Seeman, Teresa E ^a   Crimmins, Eileen ^b   Huang, Mei Hua ^a   Singer, Burton ^c   Bucur, Alexander ^a   Gruenewald, Tara ^d   Berkman, Lisa F ^e   Reuben, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Education; Mortality; Socio economic status; USA

Indexed keywords

LIFESTYLE; MORTALITY RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PARAMETER; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AGED; AGING; ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; BOSTON; CONNECTICUT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MORTALITY; NORTH CAROLINA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL;

BOSTON; CONNECTICUT; DURHAM; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW HAVEN; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1542298867     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(03)00402-7     Document Type: Article

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