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The biological consequences of socioeconomic inequalities /
"Social scientists have repeatedly uncovered a disturbing feature of economic inequality: people with larger incomes and better education tend to lead longer, healthier lives. This pattern holds across all ages and for virtually all measures of health, apparently indicating a biological dimensi...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Russell Sage Foundation,
[2012]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The SES and health gradient :a brief review of the literature / Barbara Wolfe, William Evans, and Nancy Adler
- 2. Promise of biomarkers in assessing and predicting health / Arun Karlamangla, Tara L. Gruenewald, and Teresa Seeman
- 3. Biological imprints of social status: socioeconomic gradients in biological markers of disease risk / Tara L. Gruenewald, Teresa E. Seeman, Arun S. Karlamangla, Elliot Friedman, and William Evans
- 4. Dissecting pathways for socioeconomic gradients in childhood asthma / Edith Chen, Hannah M.C. Schreier, and Meanne Chan
- 5. Cardiovascular consequences of income change / David H. Rehkopf, WilliamH. Dow, Tara L. Gruenewald, Arun S. Karlamangla, Catarina Kiefe, and Teresa E. Seeman
- 6. Cognitive neuroscience and dispariities in socioeconomic status / Jamie Hanson and Daniel A. Hackman
- 7. Brain development and poverty: a first look / Jamie Hanson, Nicole Hair, Amitabh Chandra, Ed Moss, Jay Bhattacharya, Seth Pollak, and Barbara Wolfe
- 8. Reversing the impact of disparities in socioeconomic status over the life course on cognitive and brain aging / Michelle C. Carlson, Christopher L. Seplaki, and Teresa Seeman
- 9. Conclusions / William Evans, Teresa E. Seeman and Barbara Wolfe
- Index.