Subjective and objective status and health: A response to Adler's "When one's main effect is another's error: Material vs. psychosocial explanations of health disparities.

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 851-857

  Macleod, John ^a   Davey Smith, George ^b   Metcalfe, Chris ^b   Hart, Carole ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ERROR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MATERIALS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33746907151     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.03.020     Document Type: Note

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