Social status and health: A comparison of British civil servants in Whitehall-II with European- and African-Americans in CARDIA

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1034-1045

  Adler, Nancy ^a   Singh Manoux, Archana ^b   Schwartz, Joseph ^c   Stewart, Judith ^a   Matthews, Karen ^d   Marmot, Michael G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

CARDIA; Occupation; Race ethnicity; Socioeconomic status (SES); Subjective social status; UK; USA; Whitehall II

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CIVIL SOCIETY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38749129726     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.031     Document Type: Article

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