Although indigenous peoples have lower life expectancies than the social majority
populations in their countries, increasing numbers of indigenous people are living into old …

Field studies of natural mammal populations present powerful opportunities to investigate
the determinants of health and aging using fine-grained observations of known individuals …

Despite evidence of broad impact on daily functioning in adolescence, little is known
regarding the life course effects of childhood chronic pain. This is the first nationally …

Prevalence rates for mental health problems are higher when an individual's socioeconomic
status (SES) is low, but the underlying mechanisms are not clearly understood. We …

Long-standing racial differences in US life expectancy suggest that black Americans would
be exposed to significantly more family member deaths than white Americans from …

Background Black-white disparities in mortality persist after adjustment for socioeconomic
status and health behaviors. We examined whether allostatic load, the physiological profile …

We use a life course approach to guide an investigation of relationships and health at the
nexus of race and gender. We consider childhood as a sensitive period in the life course …

Abstract Robert Merton's (1968a, 1988) articulation of the Matthew effect in science is one of
the key concepts that led to theoretical developments related to cumulative advantage and …

Objective: This study investigated the relationship between life course socioeconomic status
(SES) and cognitive function among older adults in the United States over a 12-year …

In humans and other animals, harsh circumstances in early life predict morbidity and
mortality in adulthood. Multiple adverse conditions are thought to be especially toxic, but this …