Educational differences in health risks and illness over the life course: A test of cumulative disadvantage theory

Social Science Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1253-1266

  Dupre, Matthew E ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cumulative disadvantage; Disease; Education; Health; Heart attack; Hypertension; Life course; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY;

EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 51349157490     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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