| Description |
x, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Life course development of unequal health / Chris Power and Diana Kuh -- The shape of things to come: how social policy impacts social integration and family structure to produce population health / Lisa F. Berkman and Maria Melchior -- Socio-economic position and health: the role of work and employment / Johannes Siegrist and Töres Theorell -- Psychobiological processes linking socio-economic position with health / Andrew Steptoe -- Socio-economic position and health: the role of coping / Margareta Kristenson -- Socio-economic differences in health: are control beliefs fundamental mediators? / Hans Bosma -- Aggregate deprivation and effects on health / Frank J. van Lenthe -- Welfare state regimes and health inequalities / Espen Dahl ... [et al.] -- Socio-economic inequalities in health in western Europe: from description to explanation to intervention / Johan P. Mackenbach |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Social status -- Health aspects.
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Social medicine.
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Medical policy.
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Public health -- Social aspects.
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Health status indicators.
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| Author |
Siegrist, Johannes.
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Marmot, Michael, 1945-
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| LC no. |
2006010284 |
| ISBN |
9780198568162 (alk. paper) |
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0198568169 (alk. paper) |
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