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Geronimus says poor Detroiters face greater health risks given adverse social conditions
June 22, 2015
In this story, a series on aging in Detroit, Arline Geronimus discusses her research findings that the adverse economic, political, social, psychological, and environmental contexts faced by the older poor in Detroit – “whether they are white, black or of Mexican descent” – negatively impact their health, “including at the cellular level.”