Association of socioeconomic position with health behaviors and mortality.

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Published in JAMA on March 24, 2010

Authors

Silvia Stringhini1, Séverine Sabia, Martin Shipley, Eric Brunner, Hermann Nabi, Mika Kivimaki, Archana Singh-Manoux

Author Affiliations

1: INSERM U1018, Centre for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health, Hôpital Paul Brousse, Bât 15/16, 16 Avenue Paul Vaillant Couturier, 94807 Villejuif Cedex, France. silvia.stringhini@inserm.fr

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