Open AccessSocial Patterning of Cumulative Biological Risk by Education and Income Among African Americans
Author(s) -
DeMarc A. Hickson,
Ana V. Diez Roux,
Samson Y. Gebreab,
Sharon B. Wyatt,
Patricia M. Dubbert,
Daniel F. Sarpong,
Mario Sims,
Herman A. Taylor
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300444
Subject(s) - allostatic load , socioeconomic status , allostasis , demography , psychology , gerontology , social stress , medicine , developmental psychology , population , sociology , neuroscience
We examined the social patterning of cumulative dysregulation of multiple systems, or allostatic load, among African Americans adults.