Are psychosocial factors mediators of socioeconomic status and health connections? A progress report and blueprint for the future

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1186, Issue , 2010, Pages 146-173

  Matthews, Karen A ^a   Gallo, Linda C ^b   Taylor, Shelley E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Emotions; Resources; Socioeconomic status; Stress

Indexed keywords

CHILDHOOD; COGNITION; EMOTION; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL STRESS; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 77249170296     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2009.05332.x     Document Type: Review

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