The Status Syndrome: How Social Standing Affects Our Health and LongevityMacmillan, 2007 M04 1 - 336 páginas Based on decades of his own research, a pioneering epidemiologist reveals the surprising factors behind who lives longer and why |
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... averages , general causes . Not everyone exposed to the conditions that I will de- scribe will have premature illness ... average life ex- pectancy of less than forty . It is , regrettably , true of Africa as a whole that life expectancy ...
... Average household income 1993 Adjusted for age , sex , race , family size and period and education Note : A sample of 8,500 men and women were followed for a twenty - year period , 1972-1991 , or until they died . The study related the ...
... and the actors nominated who did not win . Four years might not sound like much . To give a flavor of how big an average of four years ' extension to life really is , we calculated how many years of Some Are More Equal than Others | 21.
... average to zero . Not bad . Winning the Oscar early in life changes the happy one forever . The average length of time between winning the Oscar and death was about four decades . If win- ning an Oscar did that , it is a rather potent ...
... average difference between the two cities tells you little about why one day is different from another within a city . A Miami winter's day can be balmy or unseasonably cold ; a Boston win- ter ridiculously mild or impossibly freezing ...
Contenido
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The Moral Imperative and the Bottom Line | 239 |
Recommendations from the Independent | 259 |
Notes | 273 |
Bibliography | 283 |
Acknowledgments | 297 |
Index | 303 |
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The Status Syndrome: How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity Michael Marmot Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
The Status Syndrome: How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity Michael Marmot Vista previa limitada - 2007 |
The Status Syndrome: How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity Michael Marmot Sin vista previa disponible - 2004 |