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Does personality explain social inequalities in mortality? The French GAZEL cohort study
Author(s) -
Hermann Nabi,
Mika Kivimäki,
Michael Marmot,
J. E. Ferrie,
M. Zins,
Pierre Ducimetière,
SM Consoli,
Archana SinghManoux
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/dyn021
Subject(s) - neuroticism , demography , personality , cohort , socioeconomic status , psychology , social class , hostility , cohort study , eysenck personality questionnaire , big five personality traits , gerontology , medicine , clinical psychology , population , extraversion and introversion , social psychology , sociology , political science , law
The 'indirect-selection' hypothesis proposes that some quality of the individual, a personality characteristic or intelligence, leads to both socioeconomic position (SEP) and health. We aim to quantify the contribution of personality measures to the associations between SEP and mortality.

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