Open AccessLife Course Socioeconomic Status and Longitudinal Accumulation of Allostatic Load in Adulthood: Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis
Author(s) -
Sharon Stein Merkin,
Arun S. Karlamangla,
Ana V. Diez Roux,
Sandi Shrager,
Teresa E. Seeman
Publication year - 2014
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.2013.301841
Subject(s) - allostatic load , socioeconomic status , demography , ethnic group , medicine , longitudinal study , gerontology , life course approach , psychology , environmental health , population , developmental psychology , pathology , sociology , anthropology
We examined the association of childhood and adult socioeconomic status with longitudinal change in allostatic load (AL), a measure of biological dysfunction.