Social structure, adversity, toxic stress, and intergenerational poverty: An early childhood model

Annual Review of Sociology

Volumn 43, Issue , 2017, Pages 445-472

  Mcewen, Craig A ^a   Mcewen, Bruce S ^b  

^a BOWDOIN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allostatic load; Child development; Educational attainment; Epigenetics; Life course; Social inequality

Indexed keywords

EID: 85026772610     PISSN: 03600572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-soc-060116-053252     Document Type: Article

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