To what extent do biomarkers account for the large social disparities in health in Moscow?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 164-172

  Glei, Dana A ^a   Goldman, Noreen ^b   Shkolnikov, Vladimir M ^c,d   Jdanov, Dmitri ^c,d   Shalnova, Svetlana ^e,f   Shkolnikova, Maria ^c,g   Weinstein, Maxine ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^d NEW ECONOMIC SCHOOL   (Russian Federation)

^e NATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR THERAPY AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (Russian Federation)

^f INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL CARDIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^g PIROGOV RUSSIAN NATIONAL RESEARCH MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Biological markers; Education; Health; Russia; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOMARKER; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; PAIN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOSCOW; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

MOSCOW [RUSSIAN FEDERATION]; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84871612434     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.11.022     Document Type: Article

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