The importance of age, sex and place in understanding socioeconomic inequalities in allostatic load: Evidence from the Scottish Health Survey (2008-2011)

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Robertson, Tony ^a   Watts, Eleanor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Education; Health Inequalities; Socioeconomic Position

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; CAUCASIAN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SCOTLAND; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALLOSTASIS; BIOMARKERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958778765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2796-4     Document Type: Article

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