Socioeconomic status, structural and functional measures of social support, and mortality: The British Whitehall II Cohort Study, 1985-2009

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 175, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1275-1283

  Stringhini, Silvia ^a,b   Berkman, Lisa ^c   Dugravot, Aline ^a   Ferrie, Jane E ^d,e   Marmot, Michael ^d   Kivimaki, Mika ^d   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,d,f  

^a CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University   (France)

Author keywords

Cohort; Longitudinal; Mortality; Social class; Social support

Indexed keywords

CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONDON; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84862506271     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwr461     Document Type: Article

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