The biological consequences of socioeconomic inequalities

The biological consequences of socioeconomic inequalities / Barbara Wolfe, William Evans, and Teresa E. Seeman, editors.

"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...

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Other Authors: Wolfe, Barbara
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2012]
Subjects:
Poverty > Social aspects.
Poverty.
poverty.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Economy.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Poverty
Poverty > Social aspects
Soziale Ungleichheit
Gesundheitswesen
Statut social.
Pauvreté > Aspect social.
Biologie > Aspect social.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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