Alexandros Heraclides

Summary

Affiliation: University College London
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Psychosocial stress at work doubles the risk of type 2 diabetes in middle-aged women: evidence from the Whitehall II study
    Alexandros Heraclides
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, London, UK
    Diabetes Care 32:2230-5. 2009
  2. ncbi The association between father's social class and adult obesity is not explained by educational attainment and an unhealthy lifestyle in adulthood
    Alexandros Heraclides
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, London, UK
    Eur J Epidemiol 23:573-9. 2008
  3. ncbi Social mobility and social accumulation across the life course in relation to adult overweight and obesity: the Whitehall II study
    A Heraclides
    Department of Epidemiologyand Public Health, University College LondonMedical School, London, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 64:714-9. 2010
  4. ncbi Psychophysiological biomarkers of workplace stressors
    Tarani Chandola
    UCL International Institute of Health and Society, UCL Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
    Neurosci Biobehav Rev 35:51-7. 2010

Detail Information

Publications4

  1. ncbi Psychosocial stress at work doubles the risk of type 2 diabetes in middle-aged women: evidence from the Whitehall II study
    Alexandros Heraclides
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, London, UK
    Diabetes Care 32:2230-5. 2009
    ..To investigate the effect of psychosocial stress at work on risk of type 2 diabetes, adjusting for conventional risk factors, among a sample of British, white-collar, middle-aged men and women...
  2. ncbi The association between father's social class and adult obesity is not explained by educational attainment and an unhealthy lifestyle in adulthood
    Alexandros Heraclides
    Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, London, UK
    Eur J Epidemiol 23:573-9. 2008
    ..To investigate the effect of father's social class on central and general obesity in adulthood. To test the role of educational attainment and adult health behaviours as mediators in this association...
  3. ncbi Social mobility and social accumulation across the life course in relation to adult overweight and obesity: the Whitehall II study
    A Heraclides
    Department of Epidemiologyand Public Health, University College LondonMedical School, London, UK
    J Epidemiol Community Health 64:714-9. 2010
    ..There is no evidence on how these processes simultaneously affect adult overweight and obesity...
  4. ncbi Psychophysiological biomarkers of workplace stressors
    Tarani Chandola
    UCL International Institute of Health and Society, UCL Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom
    Neurosci Biobehav Rev 35:51-7. 2010
    ..This study builds on recent reviews and examines the literature linking work stress with sympatho-adrenal biomarkers (plasma catecholamines and heart rate variability) and HPA axis biomarkers - the post-morning profile of cortisol...