Do biological measures mediate the relationship between education and health: A comparative study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 307-315

  Goldman, Noreen ^a   Turra, Cassio M ^b   Rosero Bixby, Luis ^c   Weir, David ^d   Crimmins, Eileen ^e  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Biosocial survey; Costa Rica; Health outcomes; Longitudinal; Socioeconomic disparities; Taiwan; USA

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

BIOMARKER; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH STATUS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TAIWAN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; COSTA RICA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

COSTA RICA; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650873474     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.11.004     Document Type: Article

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