OBJECTIVE To determine whether social inequalities in height change across generations. METHODS The target population was from the 1958 British birth cohort, all born 3rd-9th March 1958, followed to 1991, and the offspring of one third of this population. Main outcomes were height measured at 7, 11, 16, and 33 years (cohort members) and once at 4-18 years (offspring). Multilevel models applie...

This study aims to analyze the resources and capital of modern Latvia’s social classes located close opposite poles structure. The article intends address two research tasks: (1) checking possibility identifying in Latvia; (2) searching for differences between identified classes. is based conceptually on multi-criteria theory conception ‘ideal types’ as well innovative resource-based approach. ...

BACKGROUND The relationships between social factors and body concentrations of environmental chemical agents are unknown in many human populations. Some chemical compounds may play an etiopathogenic role in pancreatic cancer. OBJECTIVE To analyze the relationships between occupational social class and serum concentrations of seven selected organochlorine compounds (OCs) in exocrine pancreatic...

Abstract Poverty and social exclusion can be defined as an accumulation of impediments: lack work income, bad housing, low education, maltreatment, disempowerment, loss dignity. Types poverty are indeed diverse, with the poor including both those who have inherited newly in age globalisation. The first group is probably less visible than second, more claiming. present specificities values. At r...