Mediating pathways between parental socio-economic position and allostatic load in mid-life: Findings from the 1958 British birth cohort

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue , 2016, Pages 19-27

  Barboza Solís, Cristina ^a,b   Fantin, Romain ^a   Castagné, Raphaële ^a   Lang, Thierry ^a   Delpierre, Cyrille ^a   Kelly Irving, Michelle ^a  

^a Faculté de Médecine Centre Hospitalo universitaire   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Cohort; Embodiment; Maternal education; Parental occupation; Parental socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FIBRINOGEN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE; OCCUPATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLOSTATIC LOAD; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL EDUCATION; OCCUPATION; PARENTAL OCCUPATION; PARENTAL SOCIOECONOMIC POSITION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT; ALLOSTASIS; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUP; HEART RATE; MOTHER; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; ALLOSTASIS; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN; GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN A; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; MALE; MOTHERS; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW RATE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84979752633     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.07.031     Document Type: Article

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