Socioeconomic status over the life course and allostatic load in adulthood: Results from the Northern Swedish Cohort

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 986-992

  Gustafsson, Per E ^a   Janlert, Urban ^a   Theorell, Töres ^b   Westerlund, Hugo ^b   Hammarström, Anne ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOSTASIS; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOSTASIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 80955172095     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2010.108332     Document Type: Article

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