Open AccessPoverty and Biological Risk: The Earlier "Aging" of the Poor
Author(s) -
Eileen M. Crimmins,
Seungchul Kim,
Teresa E. Seeman
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the journals of gerontology series a
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.134
H-Index - 189
eISSN - 1758-535X
pISSN - 1079-5006
DOI - 10.1093/gerona/gln010
Subject(s) - life expectancy , poverty , demography , socioeconomic status , population , biological age , national health and nutrition examination survey , gerontology , survivorship curve , medicine , environmental health , economics , sociology , economic growth
We examined age differences in levels of biological risk factors in the U.S. population by poverty status. It is not clear how socioeconomic status differentials in biological risk change with age because of mortality.
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