Social status and biological dysregulation: The "status syndrome" and allostatic load

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 118, Issue C, 2014, Pages 143-151

  Seeman, Melvin ^a   Stein Merkin, Sharon ^a   Karlamangla, Arun ^a   Koretz, Brandon ^a   Seeman, Teresa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Inequality; Perceived control; Social status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; MORBIDITY; PERCEPTION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; ALLOSTATIC LOAD; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; POVERTY; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STATUS SYNDROME; WORKPLACE; AGE; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLOSTASIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84927168416     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.08.002     Document Type: Article

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