Socially disadvantaged individuals are at greater risk for simultaneously being exposed to
adverse social and environmental conditions. Although the mechanisms underlying joint …

Purpose of the review Environmental and social determinants of health often co-occur,
particularly among socially disadvantaged populations, yet because they are usually studied …

There is considerable evidence that stressful early life events influence a variety of physical
health problems later in life. Childhood adversity has been linked to elevated rates of …

Research relating stress to health has progressed from anecdotal evidence in the 1930s
and 1940s to complex multivariate models that identify underlying longitudinal mechanisms …

Although it is often acknowledged that social and environmental factors interact to produce
racial and ethnic environmental health disparities, it is still unclear how this occurs. Despite …

This chapter considers mechanisms that may explain how social exposures “outside the
body” get under the skin to influence physical health and disease. We conceptualize the …

The ongoing epidemic of chronic diseases involves a spectrum of clinical entities now
understood to represent late manifestations of progressive metabolic dysfunction initiated in …

Childhood adversity is associated with a host of mental and physical health problems across
the lifespan. Individuals who have experienced childhood adversity (eg, child abuse and …

Air pollution is a risk factor for cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity and mortality. A
growing literature also links exposure to diverse air pollutants (eg, nanoparticles, particulate …

A recent study published in Social Science & Medicine provides a compelling example of
how psychoneuroimmunology and epigenetics are being utilized in the field of health …