Does personality explain social inequalities in mortality? The French GAZEL cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 591-602

  Nabi, Hermann ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^b   Marmot, Michael G ^b   Ferrie, Jane ^b   Zins, Marie ^a,c   Ducimetière, Pierre ^a   Consoli, Silla M ^d   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,b,e  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CETAF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^e Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University   (France)

Author keywords

GAZEL; Mortality; Personality; Social inequalities

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; ESTIMATION METHOD; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 44949185357     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyn021     Document Type: Article

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