The Whitehall study of British civil servants begun in 1967, showed a steep inverse
association between social class, as assessed by grade of employment, and mortality from a …

Background Exposure to environmental stressors can impair children's health and their
cognitive development. The effects of air pollution, lead, and chemicals have been studied …

Objective To examine the association between sickness absence and mortality compared
with associations between established health indicators and mortality. Design Prospective …

Background. Previous research suggests that children are a high risk group vulnerable to
the effects of chronic noise exposure. However, questions remain about the nature of the …

Background Social inequalities in the incidence of type 2 diabetes and the relation of health
behaviors and psychosocial factors to the incidence of type 2 diabetes are not well …

This paper investigates the extent to which social support can have a buffering effect against
the potentially adverse consequences of bullying on school achievement and mental health …

OBJECTIVE--To describe and explain the socioeconomic gradient in sickness absence.
DESIGN--Analysis of questionnaire and sickness absence data collected from the first phase …

Objective: Previous research has focused on overall associations between work stress and
body mass index (BMI) ignoring the possibility that stress may cause some people to eat …

Background Justice is a fundamental value in human societies, but its effect on health is
poorly described. We examined justice at work as a predictor of coronary heart disease …

Objectives. Although sick, some people take no time off work, a phenomenon called
“sickness presenteeism.” This study examined the association between sickness …