Social determinants of health / edited by Michael Marmot and Richard G. Wilkinson.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

xii, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographic references and index

Introduction -- Social organization, stress, and health -- Early life -- The life course, the social gradient, and health -- Living in a high-unemployment economy : understanding the health consequences -- Health and the psychosocial environment at work -- Transport and health -- Social support and social cohesion -- Food is a political issue -- Poverty, social exclusion, and minorities -- Social patterning of individual health behaviours : the case of cigarette smoking -- Putting the picture together : prosperity, redistribution, health, and welfare.