http://ije.oupjournals.org/cgi/content/full/30/2/296

Findings in these papers are particularly relevant to our understanding of the causes of class inequalities in health. The first of these concerns the extent to which controlling for the known higher risk behaviors in the most economically disadvantaged reduces the association between class and mortality. They find that controlling for current and past cigarette consumption reduces but does not eliminate the association between class and lung cancer mortality, suggesting other factors (e.g. diet) account for the residual association. The second finding extends the search for an account of the residual associations (between class and mortality after control for known risk factors) in another direction. This involves examining the extent to which the health of a current generation may be influenced by factors in early childhood or the health of the previous generation.(Sign-in/subscription is necessary for full-text)