Future uncertainty and socioeconomic inequalities in health: the Whitehall II study.

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Published in Soc Sci Med on August 01, 2003

Authors

Jane E Ferrie1, Martin J Shipley, Stephen A Stansfeld, George Davey Smith, Michael Marmot, Whitehall II Study

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London Medical School, London, UK. j.ferrie@public-health.ucl.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Whitehall II - Social and Occupational Influences On Health and Illness | NCT00005680

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