Health behaviours, socioeconomic status, and mortality: Further analyses of the British Whitehall II and the French GAZEL prospective cohorts

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Stringhini, Silvia ^a   Dugravot, Aline ^a   Shipley, Martin ^b   Goldberg, Marcel ^a   Zins, Marie ^a   Kivimäki, Mika ^b   Marmot, Michael ^b   Sabia, Séverine ^a   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,b,c  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRANCE; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; HEALTH DISPARITY; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 79952254704     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000419     Document Type: Article

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