Social determinants of health

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Contents Introduction / Michael Marmot Social organization, stress, and health / Eric Brunner, Michael Marmot Early life / Michael Wadsworth, Suzie Butterworth The life course, the social gradient, and health / David Blane Health and labour market disadvantage: unemployment, non-employment, and job insecurity / Mel Bartley ... [et al.] Health and the psychosocial environment at work / Michael Marmot ... [et al.] Transport and health / Mark McCarthy Social support and social cohesion / Stephen A. Stansfeld Food is a political issue / Aileen Robertson ... [et al.] Poverty, social exclusion, and minorities / Mary Shaw ... [et al.] Social patterning of individual health behaviours: the case of cigarette smoking / Martin J. Jarvis, Jane Wardle The social determination of ethnic/racial inequalities in health / James Y. Nazroo, David R. Williams Social determinants of health in older age / Anne McMunn ... [et al.] Neighbourhoods, housing, and health / Mai Stafford, Mark McCarthy Social determinants, sexual behaviour, and sexual health / Anne M. Johnson ... [et al.] Ourselves and others - for better or worse: social vulnerability and inequality / Richard G. Wilkinson.